A bird's-eye view of public concert-giving in 18th-century Europe, compiled from Burney s writings by KEITH HORNER and read by FRANK DUNCAN
A private concert in Italy is called an accademia.
Vivaldi Concerto in G, Op 3 No 3 (L'estro armonico) with music by Bononcini and Monteverdi
In England, Bach and Abel's concerts were better patronised and longer supported than perhaps any had ever been before.
Abel Concerto in B flat, for violin, oboe, clarinet and orchestra
Stanley Organ Concerto in B minor. Op 2 No 2
The expression of French music is notoriously hateful to all the people in Europe but themselves.
Music by Lully and Lalande. Whosoever seeks music in Germany should do it at the several courts, not in the free imperial cities.
Holzbauer Symphony in E flat, Op 4 No 3 and music by Quantz: records (18th-century France in the series The Public Concert: 14 October)