LA SERENISSIMA – the most serene republic – is a nickname for the Italian city of Venice. It’s also the name of a performing group that specializes in playing baroque era music from that region.

The music is full of unexpected twists and turns, the idiom stylistically unmistakable and the playing of the Venice Baroque Orchestra, under Andrea Marcon, impeccable.

SUBMITTED BY SALT SPRING BAROQUE Salt Spring Baroque is starting its 2025 season on Wednesday, Feb. 12 with German soprano Dorothee Mields and Vancouver harpsichordist Alexander Weimann in Love, Hope, ...