St John’s Downshire Hill, Hampstead, London NW3 1NU

Vivaldi’s Stabat Mater, and the astonishing and rarely heard ‘Il pianto di Maria’ by Ferrandini, formerly attributed to Handel, together with two of Vivaldi’s Sonatas al Santo Sepolcro

The music

Giovanni Battista Ferrandini (1710–91): ‘Il pianto di Maria’ (formerly attributed to Handel)

Antonio Vivaldi (1678–1741): Stabat Mater

Antonio Vivaldi: Suonata à 4 al Santo Sepolcro in E flat

Antonio Vivaldi: Sinfonia al Santo Sepolcro in C minor

Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto Madrigalesco in D minor

The musicians

(Sally Bruce-Payne alto, Nicolette Moonen violin, Anna Curzon violin, Catherine Weiss violin, Stephen Pedder violin, Oliver Webber viola, Antoine Ladrette cello, Lynda Sayce theorbo, Pawel Siwczak organ)