This program includes classic concertos such as Corelli’s Christmas Concerto and Geminiani’s La Folia, full of florid violin melodies and driving bass lines sure to sweep you away. Two lesser-known works by Casulana and Lusitano, originally written for voices, are full of harmonic twists and turns. We round out the program with Durante’s La Pazzia and Telemann’s aptly-named Suite La Bizarre.

Repertoire

“Morir non può il mio cuore” - Maddalena Casulana, arr. Jesse MacDonald

La Pazzia - Franesco Durante

Overture Suite La Bizarre - George Telemann

intermission

“Heu me domine” - Vicente Lusitano, arr. Lysander Jaffe

Concerto Gross Op. 6, No 8 (“Christmas Concerto”) - Arcangelo Corelli

La Folia - Francesco Geminiani