BRITISH MUSIC SOCIETY OF NORTHERN IRELAND 1955 1956 SEVENTH RECITAL under the auspices of THE QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY OF BELFAST THE LONDON HARPSICHORD ENSEMBLE JOHN FRANCIS Flute PETER MOUNTAIN Violin AMBROSE GAUNTLETT Violoncello MILLICENT SILVER Harpsichord The Sir William Whitla Hall Queen's University, Belfast FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24th 1956

Trio in B flat for Flute, Violin and Continuo Carl Philip Emanuel Bach (1714-1788) Allegro Adagio ma non troppo Allegretto Carl Philip Emanuel was the third son of Johann Sebastian Bach, and was for some years at the court of Frederick the Great. He was a renowned player on the harpsichord and was one of the composers instrumental in establishing the sonata-symphony form. Mozart said of him: "He is the parent and we are the children." The continuo in 17th and early 18th century music was a harpsi- chord, organ or lute which played an accompaniment to the other instruments; this accompaniment was normally not written out in full, but was played from the bass line of the music. The player had to supply the harmonies and ornaments for himself (a process sometimes known as "realising"); this was not done from mere phantasy; there were well-defined principles in which players were trained and frequently the bass was "figured", supplied with numbers above or below the bass which served as a shorthand guide to the player. We may sympathise with Handel, who, when he heard that a certain singer was learning Thorough-bass, as the art was called, in order to accompany herself, exclaimed "Oh! Vaat may ve not expect?" Three Sonatas for Harpsichord Solo Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757) Scarlatti did not call these single-movement works Sonatas, but Esercizi, of which he wrote over 500. They contained much that was new in technique, including many effects obtained by crossing the hands, an accomplishment which his growing avoirdupois denied to the composer himself in his later years. Trio in G, Op. 100, No. 2, for Flute, Violin and Cello Joseph Hadyn (1732-1809) Allegro Adagio Allegro Sonata in E flat for Harpsichord and Flute Allegro moderato Siciliana Allegro Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Trio for Flute, Violin and Continuo Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767) This musician, so popular in his own day, and a well-known organist, was a prolific composer, his operas being numbered by the dozen and his overtures in hundreds. Only some of his religious music and chamber works are now heard. Soave Presto Andante Scherzando INTERVAL Sonata in A for Violin and Harpsichord Andante Allegro George Frederic Handel (1685-1759) Adagio Allegro moderato : The Italian Concerto for Harpsichord Solo Allegro Andante Presto Johann Sebastian Bach Members of the B.M.S. heard this work on the pianoforte at the last concert. It will be interesting to hear it on the instrument for which it was written and to see how the concerto effect was often obtained by setting the music played on one manual in contrast with that played on the other. Sonata in G for Violoncello and Harpsichord Allegro ma non troppo Grave con espressione Vivace Sammartini The compiler of these notes does not know by which of the brothers Sammartini this is-Giuseppi (1693-c.1750), the famous oboist, or Giovanni (1701-1775), the teacher of Gluck. Trio in G for Flute, Violin and Continuo Johann Sebastian Bach Largo Vivace Adagio Alla breve HARPSICHORD BY ROBERT GOBLE OF OXFORD