From the beauty of gesture to virtuosity
(Baroque music from the 18th century)

A division on a Ground by Mr. Finger
(The Division Flute, London, 1706)

Nicolas Chédeville (1705-1782)
Sonata IV
Préludio (Largo) / Allegro ma non presto / Pastorale ad libitum / Allegro
(Il Pastor Fido, Sonates pour la Musette, Viele, Flûte, Hautbois, Violon, Avec la Basse Continüe, Paris, 1737)

Green Sleeves to a Ground, Anonymous
(The Division Flute, London, 1706)

Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)
Sonata XXXVII à Flûte à bec et Basse
Adagio / Allegro / Adagio / Gigue
(MS XY 15115, Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel, Brussel)

Joseph Bodin de Boismortier (1689-1755)
Cinquiéme Sonate
Modérément / Allemande / Gracieusement / Legerement
(XIVe Oeuvre, VI Sonates a deux Bassons, Violoncelles, ou Violes, Paris, 1726)

Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713)
Follia, Op. 5, number 12
(Sonatas, Opera V, London -Walsh-, 1702)

Old Simon the King, Anonymous
(The Division Flute, London, 1706)

“North versus South”
(18th century Dances and Grounds from Spain, Italy and England)

Dances, Anonymous
Tocata Alemanda / Sarabanda / Tocata Alemanda
(Ms M691/21, Biblioteca de Catalunya, Barcelona)

Pauls Steeple, Anonymous
(The Division Flute, London, 1706)

Dances and instrumental pieces, Anonymous
1. La Morosa
2. La alemanda
3. Allegro
4. lo Estudian
5. Minuet dels Bolatins muy suave
6. lo Villano
7. Contra Dança dels Caputxins
8. Pasapié de España
(Ms M741/22, “Follias, Ballets, Sardanas, Contradansas, Minuets, Balls, Pasapies, y moltas altres cosas de aquell temps vell, que ara son poch usadas; pero ab tot son bonicas y molt alegres”, Biblioteca de Catalunya, Barcelona)

Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713)
Follia, Op. 5, núm. 12
(Sonate, Opera V, Roma, 1700 & London, 1702 -John Walsh- )

Dances and popular tunes, Anonymous
1. Contradansa del Geroni
2. Rigodon
3. Sach dels gemechs
4. Moxiganga
5. Gallarda
(“Coderno de Contradansas Minuetes y Balsas”, Arxiu Parroquial de Santa Maria de la Geltrú, Vilanova i la Geltrú)