In the third of these 15 programmes, Christopher Hogwood traces the continuing development of the form in mid-17th-century Italy, and describes the increased scope it allowed for virtuoso violin playing.
Music by Giovanni Leg renzi, Maurizio Cazzati, Marco Uccellini, Giovanni Maria Bononcini, Giovanni Battista Vitali,
Giovanni Battista Buonamente and Giovanni Battista Mazzaferrata is played by MEMBERS OF THE ENGLISH CONCERT