Last Monday, on March 4 I attendant a Spring Concert of the Early Music Chamber Ensembles There were five group of performers each were performing different piece of work mostly from Baroque era. And each group have different number of performers and were using different kind of instruments. I wouldn’t image myself that I would enjoy so much from a concert of vocal and instrumental chamber music. The think I like the most about this concerts is that the chamber ensemble creates very intimate and warm atmosphere. It feels like group of close friends are playing instruments and having a good time.
First group performed the piece called Trio Sonata in B Minor, TWV 42:h6 by Georg Philpp Teleman who is a composer from Baroque era. This performance was consisted of three parts. One violin, one viola and a harpsichord. It was a very typical trio sonata genre with two melody instruments and a continuo. Harpsichordist was performing continuo part where as violin and viola were used for the melody part. Listening this piece was a great change for me listen with a critical mind and compare with the elements that I learned in the class. Second group performed the Trio Sonata in D, FaWV N:D1 Minor by Johann Friedrich Fasch. This time, violin and viola replace with two oboes and harpsichord still providing the basso continuo. What attracts my attention the most is that both oboes are being played by one player (mouth), so intimate is their ensemble playing; this suggests a selfless devotion to musical performance, as well a clear stand on baroque performance practice. Next group performed Concerto in G minor by another great composer of Baroque era, Antonio Vivaldi. They performed this song with a flute, oboe, two violin and a harpsichord. My first relation in this song there were more performers than the first two performances. Listening this piece help me to understand characters of Late-Baruque concerto. Fourth group performed Sonata corellisante VI, TWV 42:D8 by again George Philipp Telemann. This time there were four performers, two of them were using flutes, other two were playing gamba and harpsichord. I think this was the performance I enjoyed the most. All the performers were playing passionate and with a harmony which creates a very good chemistry between them. Finally, the last group performed Quartetto in F Major, Op.8, No.3 by Carl Stamitz. This time there were five performers and they were playing oboe, horn, violin, cello and harpsichord. My initial expectation was there should be four performance because there is a usually four performance on Quartetto. And I realized that Quartetto form is very similar to trio sonata only difference is that four music parts performed by their solo melodic instrument and basso continuo.
Overall, this concert was a new experience to me and I did not think that I would enjoy this much. Besides, listening different instruments throughout the concert was very interesting. This concert increased my curiosity to this type of performance. I can’t wait to see an another concert.
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