Dialoghi di flauti

This concert, conceived as a friendly dialogue between recorders, offers a varied and colorful assortment of dances, canzonas, sonatas, and Italian madrigals from the 17th century by Merula, Luzzaschi, Buonamente, Cazzati, and Corelli and, to top all this off, trio sonatas by Bach and Telemann. This conversation, in which the instruments sometimes agree and sometimes compete, will show that, in all this magnificent repertoire, the recorder can more than hold its own as a virtuosic and fully musical instrument. It can render all the very vocal expressiveness so important at the time, while sustaining all of the polyphonic interest created by composers in interweaving lines for the two protagonists.

Programme

• Andrea Falconieri (v. 1585-1656), Sonate Battalla Barabassa tenero de Satan
• Giovanni Battista Fontana (1571-1631), Sonata terza
• Andrea Falconieri, Chiacona Folia para mi senora Tarolilla de Carallenos
• Angelo Berardi (v. 1636-1694), Canzona sesta
• Giovanni Legrenzi (1626-1690), Sonate pour cordes opus 10 n^o 6
• Alessandro Scarlatti (1660-1725), Sinfonia di concerto grosso pour deux flûtes à bec, cordes et basse continue n^o 2 en ré majeur
• Alessandro Scarlatti (1660-1725), Sinfonia di concerto grosso pour deux flûtes à bec, cordes et basse continue n^o 1 en fa majeur
• Francesco Durante (1684-1755), Concerto pour cordes et basse continue n^o 6 en la majeur
• Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741), Concerto pour flûte à bec, cordes et basse continue en ré majeur opus 10 n^o 3 «Il Gardellino», RV 423
• Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713), Concerto grosso pour deux flûtes à bec, cordes et basse continue en ré majeur opus 6 n^o 1

Les Boréades: Francis Colpron, recorder, direction; Olivier Brault, violin; Tanya LaPerrière, violin; Jacques-André Houle, viola; Mélisande Corriveau, cello; Eric Milnes, harpsichord. Stefano Bagliano, recorder

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