2. Kammerkonzert

The trio sonata is something of a hidden gem among Baroque chamber music. Yet the name of the genre reveals less about the number of performers than about the musical principle at its core—the three-part texture: two upper voices engage in a lively dialogue, while the basso continuo provides the foundation and drive. The typical sequence of slow and fast movements, often with a dance-like quality, lends the music both form and energy. The trio sonata offered ample opportunities for musical expression to both music-loving amateurs in aristocratic or bourgeois salons and brilliant virtuosos—numerous early prints and reprints attest to its popularity. Entirely in the spirit of the “motus animi continuus”—the constant movement of the spirit—it is anything but a dry instructional piece, but rather an imaginative, lively field of experimentation.

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Trio Sonata in E-flat Major
JOHANN FRIEDRICH FASCH
Trio Sonata in G minor
ANTONIO VIVALDI
Trio Sonata in G minor
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Trio Sonata in D minor
GEORG FRIEDRICH HANDEL
Trio Sonata in G minor
GEORG PHILIPP TELEMANN
Trio Sonata in C minor
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Trio Sonata in G Major

Flute MICHAEL MARTIN KOFLER
Oboe: MARIE-LUISE MODERSOHN
Bassoon RAFFAELE GIANNOTTI
Double Bass ALEXANDER PREUß
Harpsichord HANSJÖRG ALBRECHT