NORWICH BAROQUE
CHAMBER PLAYERS
Phantasticus! 17th-century music from both sides of the Alps
Saturday 30th August 2025, 7.30pm, St. Botolph’s Church, Trunch.
The audience for ‘classical music’ is well familiar with instrumental music from Corelli to Stravinsky, but largely ignores some wonderful repertoire composed before and since. This program highlights instrumental music composed in Austria and Italy in the 17th century, a time when composers innovated and experimented with musical forms, and explored the technical possibilities and distinct sonorities of individual instruments, including the triple harp (a type of multi-course harp employing three parallel rows of strings instead of the more common single row) and the theorbo, a plucked string instrument of the lute family. The theorbo is 2 metres long!
PROGRAMME
Dario Castello (1602-1631)
Sonate concertate in stil moderno, Book II No. 2
Giovanni Kapsberger (1580-1651)
Toccata arpeggiata
Kapsberger
Passacaglia
Ascanio Mayone (1565-1627) Toccata
Kapsberger
I sospiri miei
Johann Heinrich Schmelzer (ca. 1623-1680)
Sonate unarum fidium, No. 4
INTERVAL
Marco Uccellini (1603-1680)
Sonate, correnti et arie, Op 4 No. 2
FrancescoLambardi(1587-1642)
Toccata – Partite – Gagliarda
Giovanni Antonio PandolfiMealli(c.1630-c.1670)
Violin Sonata Op. 4 No. 1, “La Bernabea”
Alessandro Piccinini (1566-1638)
Toccata XIII
Partite variate sopra la folia
Antonio Bertali (1605-1669) Ciaccona
The concert will take place in St. Botolph’s Church, Trunch. With a licensed bar.
The number of places is limited. Pre-booking only. Tickets: £15 – adult, £7 – children.
Tickets are available online or by phoning 01692 402 624.
Proceeds will be donated to Trunch Church restoration projects