Genius of Rome:
Baroque Virtuosi and Visionaries
Second concert of Lyra's Mainstage Series
Performance times:
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Friday, January 9, 2026 | 7:30 p.m. | at Mount Olive Church in Rochester (2830 18th Ave NW, Rochester, MN 55901)
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Saturday, January 10, 2026 | 7:30 p.m.| at Sundin Music Hall in Saint Paul (1531 Hewitt Ave, St Paul, MN 55104)
Join us on a journey through Rome’s Golden Age of music, where we celebrate the incredible musical heritage of the Eternal City through the works of Arcangelo Corelli and his contemporaries, whose work from the heart of Italy left an indelible mark on the rest of of the Baroque world.
Program
Giovanni Antonio Leoni (ca. 1600–ca. 1652)
Sonate di violino a voce sola . . . Libro primo, Opera terza
Sonata XXX Terzo Tono
Alessandro Stradella (1639–1682)
Dodici Sinfonie . . . a violino solo, con Basso Continuo
Sinfonia Seconda
Georg Friedrich Handel (1685–1759)
Sinfonia from Tu fedel? Tu constante? HWV 171
Sonata à 5 in B-flat major, HWV 288
Andante
Adagio
Allegro
Giuseppe Valentini (1681–1753)
Concerto Grosso Op.7 No.11 in A minor
Largo
Allegro
Grave–Allegro–Grave
Presto
Adagio
Allegro assai
INTERMISSION
Arcangelo Corelli (1653–1713)
Sinfonia to Oratorio Santa Beatrice d’Este in D minor
Grave
Allegro
Adagio
Largo assai
Vivace
Pietro Antonio Locatelli (1695–1764)
Concerto Grosso Op.1 No.1 in F major
Allegro
Largo
Allegro
Largo
Allegro
Giovanni Mossi (ca. 1680–1742)
Concerto Grosso Op.4 No.11 in E minor
Allegro
Adagio
Allegro
Georg Muffatt (1653–1704)
Exquisitioris harmoniae instrumentalis gravi-jucundae
Concerto Grosso No. XII Propitia sydera
Sonata. Grave
Sonata. Allegro
Aria
Gavotta
Grave. Ciacona
Borea