Freiburg Baroque Orchestra
Italian and French music with top ensemble in the field of early music.
For 35 years, the Freiburger Baroque Orchestra has been among Europe’s leading ensembles focused on older music. As the name suggests, their primary focus is on Baroque, but they often play pieces from the Classical and Romantic eras. The ensemble is led by the biggest name in Baroque: German conductor and Baroque violinist Gottfried von der Goltz.
In this performance at Konserthuset, German and Italian Baroque music are on the programme. In addition to greats like Corelli, Vivaldi, Telemann and Handel, we also hear an oboe concerto by the less familiar Giovanni Benedetto Platti, a piece with shimmering elegance and gripping intensity.
During his lifetime, Francesco Geminiani was as highly regarded as Corelli and Handel. In his Concerto grosso, a small group of virtuosic soloists alternates with the entire orchestra. The music is based on an old dance melody, La Follia, which was common in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
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The music
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Arcangelo Corelli Concerto grosso in B flat major op 6:1110 min
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Giovanni Benedetto Platti Oboe Concerto in g minor11 min
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Antonio Vivaldi Bassoon Concerto in E flat major RV 4838 min
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Francesco Geminiani Concerto grosso in d minor "La Folia"12 min
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Intermission25 min
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Georg Friedrich Händel Concerto grosso in B flat major op 6:715 min
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Georg Philipp Telemann Concerto in E flat major TWV 54:Es115 min
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Georg Philipp Telemann Sinfonia in G major ”Grillen-Symphonie” TWV 50:111 min
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Encore:
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Georg Philipp Telemann Eccossoise from Overture-Suite in D major TWV 55 D:194 min
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Participants
- Freiburg Baroque Orchestra
- Gottfried von der Goltz leader & violinist
- Fredrik Andersson host
