The beginning of January 2015 saw two members of the Ensemble Floridante – Meelis Orgse and me – performing a duo program ‘Sensitive Baroque’ in the Hika Hall of the Hotel Promenade in Liepaja, Latvia. The program mostly consisted of works by the early Italian baroque masters but not only:
Girolamo Kapsberger (1580 – 1651). Toccata II arpeggiata
Dario Castello (c.1590 – c.1658). Sonata prima
François Couperin (1668 – 1733). Concerts Royeaux: Premier Concert (Prelude, Allemande, Sarabande, Gavotte, Gigue)
Bellerofonte Castaldi (ca. 1581 – 1649). La Follia
Giovanni Paolo Cima (c. 1570 – 1622). Sonata a 2. Violino o violone
Intermission
Giovanni Battista Fontana (ca.1580/89 – ca.1630). Sonata seconda a violino solo
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 – 1750). Partita BWV 1004: 5. Chaconne
Francesca Caccini (1587 – after 1641). Lasciatemi qui solo
Antonio Bertali (1605 – 1669). Chiacona
Some photos by Ilze Dimza:
