‘Preludes & Vollenteries’ IX

15^th February 6 pm

St Vedast Foster Lane

(Sir Christopher Wren 1695-1701)

Peter Sheppard Skærved -Violins

Girolamo Amati (1629), Antonio Stradivari (1685), Anonymous ‘Charles II’ 1664

Guest Artist:  Julian Perkins – Harpsichord

Thomas Baltzar (1630-1663) – C minor Prelude

Gottfried Finger (ca. 1655-1730) – Chacone (London 1700)

Nicola Matteis (fl.1670-after 1713) – ‘l’Amore’

J P von Westhoff (1656-1705) – Sonata Violin Solo col Basso Continuo (Paris 1682)

Giovanni Battista Draghi (ca. 1640-1708) – E minor Suite for Harpsichord

Joel Järventausta – ‘Soi’ (World Premiere)

Henry Purcell (1659-1695) – ‘Sefauchi’s Farewell’

Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber (1644-1704) – Sonata IV Ciacona ‘Presentation of the Holy Child Jesus in the Temple’

John Playford (1623-1686/7) – ‘Mr Reading’s Ground’ (The Division Violin)

The beautiful back of the 1685 Stradivari