Carolyn’s Music

This recording is from a concert I did on 3/19/06. The harpschordist is Miyuki Tsurutani. The composer, Francesco Barsanti (1690-1772) was born in Lucca, Italy and moved to London, England in 1714. He lived in Edinburgh from 1735-43, and then returned to London. He played oboe and flute for the London Italian Opera, and viola at Covent Garden. He wrote several sonatas for recorder, as well as many larger pieces. He also adapted Scottish airs for voice and instruments.

The Adagio from Sonata II is a gorgeous example both of high baroque style and of what the recorder can do.

Barsanti Sonata II 1. Adagio

Just bought recording equipment, and recorded concert on 3/19/06. My goal here is to publish a podcast every week, to push myself to continue to work up new repertory. Of course, the concert recording gives me enough material to avoid doing any new stuff for a while, but I’m going to try to intersperse it with other new stuff. We’ll see….