Apollo’s Fire: Fencing Match | Britten Pears Arts

Hailed by Classical Music Magazine as “the USA’s hottest baroque band”, Apollo’s Fire, led by Jeannette Sorrell, joins forces with members of the renowned English Baroque Soloists in this new programme of duelling double concertos.

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

Vivaldi:: Allegro, from Concerto for two violins and two cellos (4’)
Telemann:: Concerto in E minor for flute and recorder (14’)
J.S. Bach:: Concerto in D minor for two violins, BWV 1043 (15’)
Rameau:: Dances from Les fêtes d’Hébé and Dardanus (10’)
Vivaldi:: Concerto in A minor for two violins (11’)
Vivaldi, arr. Jeannette Sorrell:: La Folia, after Trio Sonata in D minor, “Follia” (8’)

Main image: Apollo’s Fire © Stefan Cohen

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