Plus Fours! Handel, Telemann, Locatelli, Vivaldi (Streaming)

Baroque invention, contrast, and brilliance is on display as Music of the Baroque’s principal guest conductor, Nicholas Kraemer, leads works by four great Baroque composers for groups of four (and more!) musicians. Vivaldi’s propulsive Concerto for 4 violins and orchestra is set against Telemann’s work for 4 violins alone, while Locatelli throws violas into the mix. Two grand concertos for orchestra by Handel merge dramatic fervor with compositional prowess.

HANDEL | Concerto grosso in F Major, op. 3, no. 4b

TELEMANN | Concerto for 4 violins in A Major, TWV 40:204

LOCATELLI | Concerto grosso for 4 violins, 2 violas and continuo, op. 7, no. 12

HANDEL | Concerto grosso in F Major, op. 6, no. 2, HWV 320

VIVALDI | Concerto for 4 violins in B Minor, op. 3, no. 10, RV 580

Streamed live from North Shore Center for the Performing Arts in Skokie.