Marshall Miles Interviews Christine Gevert of Crescendo: Summer Chamber Music Concert “Melancholy, Desire and Joy — The Sonatas of Corelli, Bach and Handel,” Aug 24th, 6pm at St. James Place in Great Barrington and Aug 25th, 4pm at United Methodist Church

Crescendo’s 2018-19 Season
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August 24 at 6 pm – Saint James Place, Great Barrington, MA
August 25 at 4 pm – United Methodist Church, Lakeville, CT (NEW VENUE!)
SUMMER 2018 CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERT
“Melancholy, Desire and Joy”— The Sonatas of Corelli, Bach and Handel”

The warm and expressive tone of the Baroque flute (traverso) so moved its audiences when it emerged toward the end of the 17th century in Paris that it quickly became a very popular instrument there and in the rest of Europe. Corelli’s Sonatas Op. 5, originally written for violin, were arranged in his lifetime for the traverso. The Op. 5 collection is a masterpiece, and it influenced Baroque composers like Handel and Bach, who admired and studied them. Duo Les Inégales – Rodrigo Tarraza, traverso, and Christine Gevert, harpsichord, perform some of the greatest sonatas of these three composers.