Nicola Fiorenza (c.1700-1764) - Sinfonia (Sol minore) a Flauto solo | Con VV. e Basso
Performers: Redherring Baroque ensemble; Patrick Deneker (flute & conductor)
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Italian violinist and composer. While specific details about his early
life are scarce, his musical career began to take shape in the mid-18th
century. In 1726, his Sinfonia in A minor for flute, two violins, and
basso continuo was published, marking the earliest verifiable date in
his professional life. From 1734 to 1740, he was involved with the
prestigious Cappella Reale and the orchestra of the Teatro San
Bartolomeo, two of the most important musical institutions in Naples at
the time. As a composer, his surviving output remain in manuscript at
the Naples Conservatory San Pietro a Majella. The bulk of it consists of
15 concertos for various combinations of instruments and nine
symphonies (many of them containing important solos for string or wind
instruments and coming close to belonging to the concerto category). His
compositions are characterized by a unique blend of lyricism and
rhythmic inventiveness and despite his role as a minor figure in the
history of instrumental music, he deserves be part in the development of
the concerto and the symphony in southern Italy during the first half
of the 18th century.
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