Leader, Boris PECKER
Conducted by JOHN BARBIROLLI
Concerto Grosso in C Minor, Op. 6, No. 3
Corelli, arr. R. Erlbach
Largo ; Grave ; Vivace ; Allegro
(First Performance)
ARCANGELO CORELLI (1653-1713) was one of the founders of the modem art of the violin. Both in his playing and in his compositions he set a model of dignity and grace which became the tradition of the ' Corelli ' school of violinists and viotm playing in Italy, a tradition which ruled the whole violin world until the virtuoso or 'fire-work' school broke away in rivalry.
Corelli's ' Great Concertos '
(Concerti grossi) are similar in their general planning and instrumental grouping to those of Handel, which have often been represented in radio programmes and described in these columns. The stringed orchestra for which t&ey are designed consists of a small group that often works independently in a manner akin to that of solo playing and a larger group that acts in support.
Certain differences in ancient and modern practice give scope for the re-editing of these works.
It is a modem re-editing of the C Minor Concerto that is now to be given, as far as is known, for the first time. The work has four Movements, of which two are slow and two quick.