Il divertimento barocco
(1999/2012)for baroque flute, violin, viola da gamba and harpsichord
Duration: 13'
Scoring
baroque flute, violin, viola da gamba, and harpsichord
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Publisher
Boosey & Hawkes
Territory
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Composer's Notes
For each of the three movements of this piece, I was inspired by a different category of baroque music: concert music, religious music and theatre music. In the first movement, the soloists (violin and harpsichord) blend in with the orchestra. The contemplative second movement opens with a dialogue between the soloists that is supported by the strings. In the third movement, the soloists have a virtuosic duel, a sort of argument. The strings try to intervene, just like we could imagine performers intervene on the stage of a theatre.