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LEARN MORE call_madeA HISTORY OF THE TRIO SONATA
NOVEMBER 24, 2023 arrow_forward 7:30 PM
LEARN MORE call_madeA HISTORY OF THE TRIO SONATA
NOVEMBER 24, 2023 arrow_forward 7:30 PM
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The Baroque trio sonata originated in Italy during the 17th century and was soon adopted throughout Europe. The genre calls for two melody instruments and, to provide the harmony, a basso continuo part. It features contrapuntal interplay or dialogue between the melody instruments. It rarely calls for the pure virtuosity characteristic of the solo sonata, a genre that developed slightly later. This concert will show both the ingenuity and extraordinary variety of style and mood made possible by the trio sonata: from Italian vigor to French delicacy, from English melancholy to German assurance.
Francis COLPRON – flûtes à bec et traversière Olivier BRAULT – violon
Julie RIVEST – violon Mélisande CORRIVEAU – violoncelle et viole de gambe
Mark EDWARDS – clavecin et orgue positif
Program note
From the dawn of the period described as the “Baroque,” which spanned 1600 to 1750, the trio sonata brought together all the characteristics that would set it apart as a major genre. The creation in Italy—at the end of the Renaissance—of a form of instrumental music that was not derived from vocal genres, the abandonment of contrapuntal processes as principal methods of composition, the desire to express human passions in the best way possible, and the perfecting of the crafting of violins gave composers a new freedom to experiment with all sorts of sound combinations for ensembles of all sizes, creating what they would call the stile concertato.
Sonate pour flûte à bec et basse continue en [ré] mineur op. 1 nº 4 (Sonate per il cembalo appropriate al Flauto & Violino, Amsterdam, 1690)
Adagio – Allegro – … – Vivace – Adagissimo
Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713)
Sonate en trio pour deux violons et basse continue en la mineur op. 3 nº 10 (Sonate a tre, Rome, 1689)
Vivace – Allegro Adagio Allegro
Pause
Jean-Féry Rebel (1666-1747)
Sonate en trio pour deux violons et basse continue en do mineur, « Le tombeau de Monsieur de Lully » (Recueil de douze Sonates à 2 ou 3 parties, Paris, 1712)
Gravement Gay Lentement Vivement Les Regrets
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-1788)
Sonate en trio pour flûte, violon et basse continue en la mineur H. 572 (manus., Francfort, 1735 / Berlin, 1747)
Allegretto Adagio Allegro assai
François André Danican Philidor (1726-1795)
Quatuor pour flûte, deux violons et basse continue nº 3 en sol majeur (L’art de la modulation, Paris, 1755)
