More than ever before, research and interest in the field of early music has opened new possibilities for musicians and audience: the discovery of an impressive quantity of music, the revival of music of forgotten composers, and lastly the resurgence of instruments that were left in disuse due to changes in public taste. This is the case of the three-d’amore instruments (oboe, viola, and traverso) that are featured in this concert.

Synthetic metallic strings on the viola, and greater length of the oboe and traverso help to lend them their typically melancholy and sweet sonorities. In this concert, a handful of the unique repertoire that exists expressly for these instruments has been chosen, written by the pens of several composers who especially appreciated the sweet quality of sound that these instruments create.

The familiar concerto form is given a new twist as the d’amore soloists blend their singular sonorities, weaving together an evening of Concerti d’amore by composers Graupner, Doemming, and Telemann.