Sample Programs
Sample Program 1: Bach and the Virtuosos at Dresden
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Johann Sebastian Bach, the greatest composer in early eighteenth-century Germany, traveled frequently to Dresden, the capital city of Saxony. There he not only performed his own music but received inspiration and musical ideas from other leading musicians of the day. This program presents two of Bach's most stunning virtuoso works in the context of equally extraordinary music from the repertory of his contemporaries at Dresden, including an unpublished version of a sonata by Handel.
Sonata in C major for flute and basso continuo, R. 48 Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
Affetuoso
Allegro assai
Larghetto
Allegro
Praeludium and Fugue in A minor for solo harpsichord, Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
BWV 894 (hear a sound clip)
Sonata in E minor for flute and basso continuo, BWV 1034 J. S. Bach
Adagio ma non tanto
Allegro
Andante (hear a sound clip)
Allegro (hear a sound clip)
Intermission
Sonata in D minor for flauto and basso continuo, George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
HWV 367a (Dresden version)
Largo (hear a sound clip)
Vivace (hear a sound clip)
Furioso
Adagio
Alla breve
Sonata in G minor for flute and obbligato keyboard, QV 2:35 Johann Joachim Quantz (1697-1773)
Allegro ma non troppo
Cantabile
Allegro
Sample Program 2: Sounds of a Royal Flute
The Baroque flute was a particular specialty of the royal court musicians of Paris, Berlin, and other European capitals. In this program we present music associated with two of the great royal patrons of late-Baroque Europe: Louis XIV of France, and Frederick II "the Great" of Prussia, who was himself a flutist and composer of note. It was for the latter that J. S. Bach wrote his famous Musical Offering, a collection of pieces from which we perform the sonata in C minor as a work for flute and harpsichord, following a performance practice common in the eighteenth century but rarely heard today.
Concert royal no. 4 in E minor for flute and basso continuo François Couperin (1668-1733)
Prélude
Allemande
Courante francoise
Courante à l'italienne
Sarabande
Rigaudon
Forlane: Rondeau
Sonata in C minor for flute and basso continuo from the Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Musical Offering, BWV 1079 (version for flute and obbligato
keyboard)
Largo
Allegro
Andante
Allegro
Intermission
Sonata in B-flat for flute and basso continuo, W. 125 Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-88)
Adagio
Allegro
Vivace
Sonata in C minor for flute and basso continuo, QV 1:14 Johann Joachim Quantz (1697-1773)
Lamentabile (hear a sound clip)
Allegro assai (hear a sound clip)
Presto
