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-after 1652)
Sonate di violino a voce sola…Libro primo Opera terza, 1652
Sonata Terzo Tono
Alessandro Stradella (1639-1682)
Sonate di viole con concertino di due violini e leuto e concerto grosso di viole
Georg Friedrich Handel (1685-1759)
Sinfonia from cantata 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
Grave
Allegro
Grave - Allegro
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 (1680-1742)
Concerto Grosso op.4 no.11 in E minor
Allegro
Adagio
Allegro
Georg Muffatt (1653-1704)
E.H.Instrumentalis
Concerto Grosso no. XII “Propitia Sydera”
Sonata. Grave
Sonata. Allegro
Aria
Gavotta
Grave. Ciacona
Borea