Francesco Barsanti (b. ca1690) - Sonata in C-Major

Francesco Barsanti (b. ca1690) - Sonata in C-Major Adagio - Allegro - Largo - Presto Patrick O'Malley, recorder; Jerry Fuller, violone Today we're featuring music of Francesco Barsanti, born around 1690 in the Tuscan city of Lucca. This city was- and would be- a center of Italian culture for centuries, boasting such notable denizens as Luigi Boccherini and Giacomo Puccini. In 1708, Barsanti ventured to Padova, where he had initially intended to pursue an education in the field of science. After keenly observing several concerts held at the university, Barsanti embarked on a composition career instead, focusing chiefly on music for the flute and the oboe. He spent many successful years in London as a noted flutist and oboist before venturing north to Scotland in 1735, where he lived for almost a decade and continued to compose. ArsAntiguaPresents.com, directed by Jerry Fuller, is a series free video web cast programs of music from the Renaissance, Baroque, and Classical eras performed on period instruments. Video production by Phillip W. Serna for ArsAntiguaPresents.com. Copyright 2010 Jerry Fuller

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[Totma11]

This is an exceedingly pleasant surprise- as although the music of Barsanti is quite chipper and playful, the treatment it usually gets is stoic, solid, & stately... all of which inclines one to snooze.  Not this performance however- particularly in the prelude, as the recorder player has a concept of what he is to express before he begins to blow, and then sublimely assured about his aesthetics, he blows with a spontaneity of timing that puts it across delightfully fresh and playful. Bravo!