Sunday January 15, 2023 at 11am
It was in the aristocratic salons and academies of Naples that instrumental chamber music flourished. Concerts were often open to the public in the houses of the nobility. This programme recreates this atmosphere in a selection of chamber sonatas by the greatest composers of the Neapolitan school.
Abchordis Ensemble was founded in 2011 with the desire to shine a light on masterpieces of Italian baroque, that until now were unpublished and unedited in modern times. To this end, the ensemble has undertaken a careful and scrupulous musical research activity, devoted mainly to rediscovering sacred Italian music of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
Abchordis Ensemble has performed at important festivals and exhibitions, including: Ambronay Festival (France), Internationale Händel-Festspiele (Göttingen, Germany), SWR & Villa Musica (Kurfürstliche Palais in Trier, Germany), Festival classique des Haudères (Switzerland), Festival Les Goûts Réunis (Lausanne, Switzerland), Les Riches Heures de Valère (Sion, Switzerland), Mars en Baroque (Marseille, France), Valletta International Baroque Festival (Malta), Pavia Baroque (Italy), Urbino Ancient Music (Italy), Anima Mea Festival (Puglia, Italy), Alessandro Stradella Festival (Nepi, Italy), Purtimiro Festival (Lugo, Italy), Associazione “A. Scarlatti” (Naples, Italy).
THE PERFORMES
Boris Begelman, violin
Nicola Paoli, cello
Andrea Buccarella, harpsichord
PROGRAM
Domenico Scarlatti (1685 – 1757)
Sonata K 81 in E minor for violin and basso continuo
Grave – Allegro – Grave – Allegro
Salvatore Lanzetti (ca. 1710 – ca. 1780)
Sonata in G Major for cello and basso continuo
Allegro – Amoroso – Rondeau
Domenico Scarlatti
Sonata K 132 in C Major (Cantabile)
Sonata K 49 in C Major (Presto)
Sonata K 91 in G Major for violin and basso continuo
Grave – Allegro – Grave – Allegro
Salvatore Lanzetti
Sonata in G minor for cello and basso continuo
Grave – Allegro – Affettuoso
Domenico Scarlatti
Sonata K 144 in G Major (Cantabile)
Sonata K 146 in G Major (Allegro)
Sonata K 90 in D minor for violin and basso continuo
Grave – Allegro – Allegro
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The Valletta Baroque Festival (JAN 11-29) is organized by Festivals Malta and supported by Visit Malta, Teatru Manoel, and The Ministry for Heritage, The Arts & Local Government