PROGRAMME 2 (5 musicians) “European Baroque Sonatas” Georg Friedrich Händel(1685-1759): Sonata op.2 n.3 in F major (London, 1733) for 2 oboes and basso continuo. (Largo) – Allegro – Adagio – Allegro Josep and Joan Baptista Pla (ca.1750): Sonata n.6 in E flat major for 2 oboes and basso continuo. Allegretto – Andante – Allegro ma non tanto François Couperin (1668-1733): from La Françoise (Les Nations, Paris, 1726): Sonade, in e minor for 2 oboes, viola da gamba and basso continuo. Gravement — Gayement – Rondement – Gayement – Gravement – Vivement – Air Gracieusement – Gayement Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741): sonata a 4 in C major, for 2 oboes, bassoon and basso continuo. largo-allegro-largo-allegro – break – Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750): Sonata for viola da gamba and obligato harpsichord in D major BWV 1028 (Köthen, ca.1720) Adagio – Allegro – Andante – Allegro Jan Dismas Zelenka (1679-1745): Sonata 6 in c minor (Prague/Dresden, ca.1723), for 2 oboes, bassoon and basso continuo. Andante – (Allegro) – Adagio – (Allegro) ZEFIRO: Paolo Grazzi, Alfredo Bernardini: Oboen Alberto Grazzi: Fagott Giancarlo De Frenza: Violone Luca Guglielmi: Cembalo Reviews: “Zefiro is een hecht ensemble dat schittert door intens muzikaal samenspel; van Händel tot Zelenka’s sonata toe. Warm en stoer samenklank; afwerking van versieringen en slotharmonieën; frasering en timing,het op en afbouwen van dynamische lijnen, het gebeurt supermuzikaal en minutieus op elkaar afgestemd.” L. van der Spek in Leidsch Dagblad (NL), 7.2.2002 “Lo Zefiro è stato dorato, straordinariamente gradevole e singolarmente carezzevole.” A.Galazzo, in Il Biellese (I), 22.8.2002 Recordings: Jan Dismas Zelenka: complete sonatas; 2 CDs, Astrée-Auvidis E 8511 and E 8563