On this episode of Encore Houston, Mercury performs works that evoke the age-old dichotomy of love and war, with a collection of concertos and dance suites from the Baroque era.
Music in this episode:
- ANTONIO VIVALDI: Concerto in E major for violin, RV 271, “L’Amoroso”
- HEINRICH BIBER: Battalia
- JEAN-PHILIPPE RAMEAU: Suite des amantes, from Pièces de clavecin en concerts
- GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL: Concerto Grosso in G minor, Op. 6, No. 6
- DOMENICO ZIPOLI: Battalia imperiale
- JOHANN GEORG PISENDEL: Imitation caractères de la danse
- VIVALDI: Concerto in D minor for violin, RV 242, “Per Pisendel”
- Jonathan Godfrey, violin
- Antoine Plante, conductor
- Performance date: 3/16/2019
- Originally aired: 9/28/2019
New episodes of Encore Houston air Saturdays at 10 PM, with a repeat broadcast Sundays at 4 PM, all on Houston Public Media Classical.
