Internationally renowned violinist, currently the first violin in the orchestra of La Fenice in Venice, Myriam Dal Don is originally from Gosaldo and will be accompanied by the harpsichord master Carlo Rossi. <\/p>\n
The program focuses on the form of the sonata for violin and basso continuo, which was very popular during the Baroque period, where the violin is often entrusted – with virtuosic style – with the melodic part accompanied by one or more instruments, in this concert the harpsichord, playing the role of harmonic support. <\/p>\n
The journey through musical Europe at the turn of the 17th and 18th century begins with two composers from Venice and Padua who have shaped the music of the Serenissima: Vivaldi and Tartini.<\/p>\n
Vivaldi’s Sonata in A minor No. 12 Op. 2 was composed in 1709 and is part of the collection of 12 Sonatas for violin and basso continuo dedicated to King Frederick IV of Denmark. <\/p>\n
In contrast, the splendid \u201cDidone Abbandonata\u201d in G minor Op. 1 No. 10 by Tartini was composed in 1731. <\/p>\n
From Italy we ideally travel to Germany at the beginning of the Age of Enlightenment to meet J.S. Bach, court musician in the chapel of Duke Ernst III of Weimar, with the Toccata BWV 913 for solo harpsichord dating back to 1705-8, then continuing to London in the mid-18th century with the Sonata in A major for violin and basso continuo HWV 361 by G.F.<\/p>\n
Handel, composed in 1725-26, preceded by the Suite in minor HWV 429 for solo harpsichord from 1720. The program concludes by returning to Italy in papal Rome with Arcangelo Corelli and the Sonata in D minor Op. 5 No. 12 known as \u201cLa Follia\u201d published in 1700 and dedicated to Sofia Carlotta of Brunswick-L\u00fcneburg, the first Queen of Prussia.<\/p>\n