QuickSilver: Fantasticus
QuickSilver: Fantasticus features extravagant and virtuosic music from 17th-century Germany. Led by violinists Robert Mealy and Julie Andrijeski, Quicksilver brings together some of the leading historically informed performers in America today. The chamber music of 17th century Germany reflects the upheavals of the time: from wars of religion and politics, to famine and plague, it was a time of ongoing crisis. Inspired by the experimental works of Italian composers, those writing in the “stylus Fantasticus” explored the sonata as an abstract form of wordless conversation, giving free reign to whatever their imagination suggested.
This concert is part of the San Diego Early Music Society 2015-2016 season and features works by Weckmann, Rosenmüller, Vierdanck, Bertali, Kerll, and, Schmeltzer.