STRINGS AMORE

Antonio Vivaldi | Concerto for viola d’amore in D major, RV392

Georg Philipp Telemann | Concerto for two violas d’amore

Christoph Graupner | Concerto for viola d’amore in D major

Johann Sebastian Bach | Concerto for violin in E major

Christoph Graupner | Concerto for viola d’amore & viola in A major

Georg Philipp Telemann | Concerto for viola in G major

Johann Sebastian Bach | Erbarme Dich, St Matthew Passion—violin, viola & strings

The viola d’amore was much loved by the baroque masters Vivaldi, Telemann and Graupner and this concert celebrates both their fascination with the instrument as well as their own compositional genius. Also included in the programme are two of the most loved concertos from the era, Bach’s Concerto for Violin in E major and Telemann’s Concerto for Viola in G major.

Strings Amore brings together Donald Maurice (viola d’amore), Martin Riseley (violin), Rupa Maitra (violin), Sophia Acheson (viola), Margaret Guldborg (cello) in a programme that showcases the viola d’amore, an exquisitely beautiful instrument from the baroque era.