Bach & Biber

This delightful program begins with Cleveland Orchestra Principal Oboe Frank Rosenwein making his Festival debut in Italian Baroque composer (and oboe virtuoso) Giovanni Benedetto Platti’s lively yet slightly mysterious and slightly melancholy Oboe Sonata in G Minor, which also features cellist Felix Fan and New York Philharmonic harpsichordist Paolo Bordignon. Daniel Phillips joins Bordignon for the wonderfully expressive Violin Sonata No. 3 by 17th-century Bohemian-Austrian composer Heinrich von Biber—one of history’s most influential composers for the violin—and flutist Tara Helen O’Connor features in quintessential Baroque works by Bach and Telemann. 

PLATTI Sonata in G Minor for Oboe and Continuo 

BACH Sonata “Sopr’il Soggetto Reale” for Flute, Violin, and Continuo from A Musical Offering, BWV 1079 

TELEMANN Quartet in G Major from Tafelmusik, TWV 43:G2  

BIBER Sonata No. 3 in F Major for Violin and Continuo, C. 140 

Paolo Bordignon, harpsichord; Daniel Phillips, violin; Felix Fan, cello; Tara Helen O’Connor, flute; Frank Rosenwein, oboe 

Approximate length: 1 hour and 10 minutes