Baroque Influencers in France and Italy

In this chamber music concert featuring flute, violin,

cello and harpsichord, we explore Baroque composers

who achieved notable successes in their time, and

composed music which still enchants and delights

us three centuries later. We open with a quartet for

flute, violin, harpsichord and cello by Giuseppe

Giordani, a composer who influenced the musical

transition from the Baroque to Classical style.

The concert includes a special local connection in a

performance of one of Vivaldi’s ‘Manchester Sonatas’,

which were only discovered in Manchester’s Central

Library in 1973. We also spotlight French chamber music

with Rameau and Boismortier, with the concert ending

in the charming and elegant Deuxième Récréation de

Musique by Leclair.