Virtuoso BACH & VIVALDI
January 29, 2022

GRAMMY®-winners Apollo’s Fire and Jeannette Sorrell set sparks flying as dueling soloists square off in double-concertos. In Vivaldi’s fiery Concerto for Two Cellos, hear why Sorrell thinks of Vivaldi as the “rock-n-roll composer of the 18th century”. The program includes Bach’s beloved Brandenburg Concerto no. 3, Bach’s darkly brooding Violin Concerto in D Minor featuring Francisco Fullana, Vivaldi’s dramatic Concerto in A Minor for Two Violins, and selections from Bach’s Orchestral Suite no. 2 in B Minor, featuring baroque flutist Kathie Stewart.
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Meet the Artists
ALAN CHOO
violin
FRANCISCO FULLANA
violin
SUSANNA PERRY GILMORE
violin
RENÉ SCHIFFER
cello
EZRA SELTZER
cello
EMI TANABE
violin
Saturday, January 29, 2022, 8:00PM
Music Institute of Chicago, EVANSTON
Jeannette Sorrell,direction & harpsichord
Francisco Fullana, Susanna Perry Gilmore, Alan Choo, Emi Tanabe,violin soloists
René Schiffer & Ezra Seltzer,cello soloists
A Music Party at Melton Constable, 1734 (oil on canvas) Artist Heins, John Theodore, Sr. (1697-1756) / © National Trust Images / Bridgeman Images