Apollo’s Fire: Fencing Match
Apollo’s Fire: Fencing Match
Don’t miss this lively transatlantic “duel” which explores the parallels between 18th-century fencing etiquette and the Baroque genre of the double concerto.
J.S. Bach’s Concerto in D minor brings emotional depth and technical brilliance to demonstrate the chemistry between two violinists. The musical fencing continues in Vivaldi’s stormy Concerto in A minor for two violins; Telemann’s Concerto for flute and recorder, and a set of colourful dances by Rameau. The programme climaxes in a transatlantic romp as multiple duels break out in Vivaldi’s La Folia (“Madness”).
Apollo’s Fire:
Alan Choo violin
Emi Tanabe violin
Bojan Čičić violin
Davina Clarke violin
Daphna Mor recorder
Kathie Stewart traverso
Jeannette Sorrell conductor, artistic director
