“Love that moves the sun and the other stars” is a new music-and-poetry composition by the Moscow Virtuosi State Chamber Orchestra, led by Artistic Director Vladimir Spivakov. Inspired by Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy, the project was more than 15 years in the making.

At the heart of the programme is the journey of the human soul from darkness to light, from despair to transformative love, told through the language of medieval poetry and three centuries of music.

In the programm:

J.S. Bach — Chorale Prelude “Ich ruf’ zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ,” BWV 639.

O. Respighi — “Ancient Airs and Dances for Lute,” orchestral transcription, Suite III (1931), P. 172: “Siciliana” and “Passacaglia.”

A. Vivaldi — Concerto for Strings and Basso Continuo in D minor, “Madrigalesco,” RV 129.

J.S. Bach — Oboe Concerto in C major, BWV 1055, movements 2 and 3.

N. Paganini / F. Kreisler — “La campanella” (“The Little Bell”).

J.S. Bach — Concerto for Violin, Strings, and Basso Continuo in D minor, BWV 1052R, movement 1.

G. Puccini — “Crisantemi” for String Quartet.

A. Vivaldi — Concerto in D major, RV 121.

N. Paganini — Sonata for Viola and Orchestra, MS 70, movement 1.

T. Albinoni — Concerto Op. 5 No. 1 in B-flat major for Strings and Continuo.

J.S. Bach — Chorale Prelude “Jesu, meine Freude” (“Jesus, My Joy”).

The program is subject to change.

Programme duration: 1 hour 20 minutes. The concert is performed without an interval.