Performers
Daniel Hope, Violin
Simos Papanas, Violin
Nicola Mosca, Cello
Emanuele Forni, Lute
Naoki Kitaya, Harpsichord
Michael Metzler, Percussion

Program
ORTIZ Ricercada segunda
HANDEL Sarabande from Suite No. 4 in D Minor, HWV 437
FALCONIERI La suave melodia
WESTHOFF “Imitazione delle campane” from Violin Sonata No. 3
MATTEIS “Diverse Bizzarie sopra la Vecchia Sarabanda o pur Ciaccona” from Ayrs for the Violin
VIVALDI Sonata in D Minor for Two Violins and Continuo, Op. 1, No. 12, “La Follia”
FALCONIERI Passacalle from Il primo libro di canzone, sinfonie, fantasie, capricci, brandi, correnti, gagliarde, alemane, volte
WESTHOFF “La guerra così nominato di sua maesta” from Violin Sonata in A Major, ‘La Guerra”
TRAD. “Greensleeves”
LECLAIR Le tambourin
MARCO UCCELLINI Aria sopra “La Bergamasca”
MATTEIS Ground after the Scotch Humour
WESTHOFF “Imitazione del liuto” from Violin Sonata No. 2
FALCONIERI Ciaccona

Boundless invention, flights of virtuosic fancy, and pure exuberance characterize the sensational music 17th-century composers created when they looked to the violin as their chief tool of expression. Daniel Hope and company introduce you to some lesser-known—but no less magnificent—masters who made the violin sing while exploring the beauty and brio of the popular dances and songs of their day, weaving their melodies into some of the Baroque’s most beautiful music.