The Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentleman led by Robert Rawson explores Antonio Vivaldi’s influence on a generation of Czech composers. Best remembered today for The Four Seasons, Vivaldi’s dedication of the famous concertos to Count Wenzel von Morzin of Prague implies the works may first have become known there. In 1718 Morzin brought his “virtuosissima” orchestra – to quote Vivaldi – to Venice, during which time the Venetian composer served as their maestro di musica in Italia, inaugurating a period of musical exchange between Venice and Prague. The program features concertos and vocal music by František Jiránek, Frantisek Antonín Mica, and Antonín Reichenauer, interspersed among concertos and arias by Vivaldi. Soloists include violinist Tassilo Erhardt, oboist Mark Baigent, bassoonist Sally Holman, soprano Hana Blažíková, contralto Ciara Hendrick, and bass Tim Dickinson.