Royal College Concerts
Introduced by Chris de Souza. The Swedish Ensemble
Corde, director Andrew Manze , perform a programme of virtuoso
Italian instrumental music.
In the early years of the Baroque, the violin came into vogue for solo performance, and the instruments built in the north Italian centres gave rise to a wealth of virtuoso music by Italian composers like Castello, Marini,
Fontana and Bononcini.