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The Trio-Sonata

BBC Radio 3
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' Nothing could have been more appropriately hybrid than the " galant " style: a French adjective, celebrating the acceptance of Italian fluency, first circulated by Germans.'
In the last but one of these programmes. Christopher Hogwood describes the effect of the mid-18th century ' galant ' taste for a single, ' 'singing' line on the trio-sonata. The music is by Graun. C. P. E. Bach. Telemann, Pugnani and Sammartini. THE ENGLISH CONCERT
Stephen Preston (flute)
Nicholas McGegan (flute) Simon Standage (violin) Eleanor Sloan (violin) Trevor Jones (viola)
Anthony Pleeth (cello) director Trevor pinnock (harpsichord)

Contributors

Flute:
Stephen Preston
Flute:
Nicholas McGegan
Violin:
Simon Standage
Violin:
Eleanor Sloan
Viola:
Trevor Jones
Cello:
Anthony Pleeth
Source: Radio Times

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