Phantasticus! 17th-century music from both sides of the Alps

Saturday 30th August 2025, 7.30pm, St. Botolph’s Church, Trunch.

The audience for ‘classical music’ is well familiar with instrumental music from Corelli to Stravinsky, but largely ignores some wonderful repertoire composed before and since. This program highlights instrumental music composed in Austria and Italy in the 17th century, a time when composers innovated and experimented with musical forms, and explored the technical possibilities and distinct sonorities of individual instruments, including the triple harp (a type of multi-course harp employing three parallel rows of strings instead of the more common single row) and the theorbo, a plucked string instrument of the lute family. The theorbo is 2 metres long!

Marco Uccellini (1603-1680)

                                        Sonate, correnti et arie, Op 4 No. 2

 Francesco Lambardi (1587-1642)

                                        Toccata – Partite – Gagliarda

 Giovanni Antonio Pandolfi Mealli (c.1630-c.1670)

                           Violin Sonata Op. 4 No. 1, “La Bernabea”

Alessandro Piccinini (1566-1638)

                                        Toccata XIII

                                        Partite variate sopra la folia

Antonio Bertali (1605-1669)                    Ciaccona

The concert will take place in St. Botolph’s Church, Trunch. With a licensed bar.

The number of places is limited. Pre-booking only. Tickets: £15 – adult, £7 – children.

Tickets are available online, or by phoning 01692 402 624.

Proceeds will be donated to Trunch Church restoration projects.