Handel & Vivaldi were near contemporaries, both shaped by the same vivid Italian Baroque world,.

There are still a few tickets left if you would like to join us for a beautiful start to the festive season.

https://3choirs.org/events/gcs-handels-messiah

Adrian has drawn on both sources for our performance.

Have a listen to the whole concerto and tell us what you think. 8+ is out now, listen or buy here: lnk.to/Vivaldi8Vol2

The rest of the concerto? Only the 1725 Amsterdam print survives… they probably chucked the working manuscript after engraving 🗑️

Want to see this in the charts? Stream or order 8+: lnk.to/Vivaldi8Vol2

Hear it live with us and Gloucester Cathedral Choir at 4:30pm on Saturday 22 November at Gloucester Cathedral.

Tickets via Gloucester Cathedral’s website: https://gloucestercathedral.org.uk/whats-on/monteverdi-s-vespers-of-1610

Adrian Chandler • Violin/Director
La Serenissima

From 8+
Recorded at Cedars Hall, Wells
Released 14 November 2025 on Signum Records

Edited from Vivaldi’s own sources, this recording brings the music to life with the snap & clarity it deserves 🙌

This is the 3rd movement, Allegro, from Vivaldi’s Concerto in D minor, Op. 8 No. 7, RV 242. A perfect place to start, or just press play 💿

Listen now: orcd.co/vivaldiopus8...

The solo violinist is expected to unpack those long notes into a fast, repeating pattern, effectively twelve semiquavers per bar, so the bell keeps “tolling” while the notes ring above 🔔

8+ is out this Friday, 14 November. Listen now / Pre-save now: lnk.to/vivaldi8vol2

Instead of writing out all those semiquavers, Vivaldi saves time, effort, and manuscript by stacking dotted minims (three-beat notes) in the finale of Op. 8 No. 8.

...then two concerts at our new local towards the end of the month.
By local we don’t mean the pub, but the beautiful Gloucester Cathedral 🤩
Here's where you can hear us next:
22/11 - Monteverdi’s Vespers of 1610 with the Cathedral Choir
29/11 - Handel's Messiah with Gloucester Choral society

…then carries the idea on with different notes.

It’s the lowest note of the pattern — the one he keeps returning to — that represents the bell. Can you hear it tolling through the flurry of fast notes?

The whole album 8+ is out 14 November. You can listen to this movement now: lnk.to/Vivaldi8Vol2

it’s been a busy week!

Huge thanks, as always, to Cedars Hall for being such brilliant hosts. It’s a beautiful place to record — and not just for the acoustics!

PS. We'll be doing this concert one more time next week for Cambridge Early Music and we'd love to see you there.

…signing off with a pedal cadenza that keeps snapping back to the same note so it tolls like a bell.

How did this north-of-the-Alps idea reach Venice? Most likely via Vivaldi’s student Pisendel, a member of the Dresden court orchestra 🎻

From 8+, out 14/11. Pre-save here: lnk.to/Vivaldi8Vol2

Our next album, 8+, is out in just over two weeks 🙌 pre-save here: lnk.to/Vivaldi8Vol2