People forget that some classic composers also used the mandolin. Here is a Vavaldi Concerto in C. Great sound.

Hannover International Ensemble The Hannover International Ensemble was founded in 2010 by international students from the Musikhochschule Hannover, led by conductor and mandolinist Alon Sariel. The project’s aim is to present high standard concerts of artistically high quality music executed by talented and qualified international students. The young ensemble has performed in several occasions in and out side of the school, including a Matine at Hannover Landesmuseum and the Stifttung fuer HMT annual concert. It’s first program, Neue Alte Musik, was a great success and was received very enthusiastically by both critics and audience. Contact info: Alon Sariel — Artistic Director +49-(0)176-62352313 alon.sariel@gmail.com Alon Sariel (1986 – ) graduated from the Jerusalem Music Academy and specialized at the Brussles Royal Conservatory and Music Hochschule in Hannover. During his studies at the Jerusalem Academy he has won the first prizes in the Chamber Music Competition, The Competition for String Instruments and The Conducting Competition. Alon Sariel was awarded the Audience Prize in the name of Meira Gera at the Aviv Competitions in Early Music and a special reorganization from the Jury of the Ben-Haim Competition for Israeli Contemporary Music. As a classical mandolin player he have won top prizes in the European Mandolin Award (Greece) and the Rafaelle Calace Competition (Italy), receiving the America-Israel Foundation Scholarships since 2002, The Chais Foundation …