Maria, dolce Maria: Virtuosic Violin Music by Female Composers from 17th-Century
First Lutheran 1311 Holman St, Houston, TXThe earliest music for violin at the transition from the Renaissance to the Baroque were arrangements of vocal music to which the performers added improvised, virtuosic ornamentation, so-called diminutions. You are in for a virtuosic firework—set off upon fascinating early 17th-century masterworks by female composers Caterina Assandra, Sulpitia Cesis, Alba Tressina, and Claudia Rusca—by our […]