An educational programme featuring early music. Today’s episode is dedicated to count Unico Wilhelm van Wassenaer, who died 250 years ago this month.
Unico Wilhelm van Wassenaer (1692 – 1766)
1. Concerto Armonico no 1 in G Major
– Grave
– Allegro
– Un poco andante
– Allegro
Orfeo Ensemble di Spoleto & Hermans Consort conducted by Fabricio Ammetto
(CD: Sei concerti armonici. Bongiovanni GB 5617-2, 2004)
Quirinus Gerbrandt van Blankenburg (1654 – 1739)
2. From: De verdubbelde harmony
– De doorluchtige mars
– La contredanse
– La fugue et contrefugue
– Les plaisirs de Blankenburg
Bob van Asperen, harpsichord
(CD: Vorstelijke muziek. De Haske DHR 16.013-3, 2000)
Unico Wilhelm van Wassenaer
3. Sonata terza in g minor
– Grave
– Allegro
– Sarabanda – grave
– Giga presto
Pieter van Houwelingen, recorder. Henk Dekker, harpsichord. Naomi Hirschfeld, viola da gamba
(CD: Van Wassenaer: three sonatas for alto recorder and continuo & Focking: three sonatas for traverso and continuo. Intermusic SA, 2016; originally Wijnand van Hooff WVH 078, 1994)
4. Concerto Armonico no 3 in A Major
– Grave sostenuto
– Da capella
– Largo andante
– Vivace
Orfeo Ensemble di Spoleto & Hermans Consort conducted by Fabricio Ammetto
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710 – 1736)
5. Sinfonia for violoncello and basso continuo in F Major
– Comodo
– Allegro
– Adagio
– Presto
Jennifer Morsches, violoncello. Florilegium
(CD: Stabat Mater. Channel CCS SA 29810, 2010)
Unico Wilhelm van Wassenaer
6. Concerto Armonico no 5 in f minor
– Adagio – largo
– Da capella
– A tempo comodo
– A tempo giusto
Orfeo Ensemble di Spoleto & Hermans Consort conducted by Fabricio Ammetto
Additional:
7. From: Concerto Armonico no 2 in B flat Major
– Largo affettuoso
– Allegro moderato
Orfeo Ensemble di Spoleto & Hermans Consort conducted by Fabricio Ammetto