Tesserae Baroque: The Trio Sonata

One of the defining features of the new Baroque style was the so-called “trio sonata ideal.” In this, musical texture became stratified between a bass and two upper parts. This represented a shift from the equal polyphonic textures of the mature Renaissance style; in contrast, in the trio sonata ideal the middle of the texture is provided by the relatively simple chordal structures of the basso continuo. Nowhere is the trio sonata ideal more obviously seen than in the trio sonata, which, along with opera, was one of the defining genres of the Baroque style. This program will explore the evolution of the trio sonata throughout the Baroque period, in works by Castello, Rossi, Bach and more!

PERFORMERS:
Alexandra Opsahl, recorder
Vijay Gupta, baroque violin
Leif Woodward, baroque cello
Ian Pritchard, harpsichord

PROGRAM:
Salomone Rossi 1570 – 1630
Sonata Sopra La Bergamasca, (from Il quarto libro de varie sonate (1642)

Dario Castello(ca.1590 — 1658)
Sonata Quarta a due Soprani, from Libro Secondo

Georg Philipp Telemann (1681, 1767)
Sonata A Minor, TWV 42:a1
Affettuoso- Vivace - Grave- Menuet

Geroge Frideric Handel (1685 – 14 1759)
Trio Sonata in C minor, HWV 386a
Andante - Allegro - Andante- Allegro

J.S. Bach (1675-1750)
Organ Trio Sonata No. 6, BWV 530
Vivace -Lento- Allegro

Runtime: 1 hour