Valencia Baryton Project

The heart of the Valencia Baryton Project is the trio of baryton, viola, and violoncello, for which Haydn wrote 123 works of outstanding beauty as the court composer for the Prince Esterhazy of Austria. A cross between the viol da gamba and lirone, with 10 resonating and plucked strings down the back of the instrument, the baryton gives the traditional string trio an entirely new dimension.

Audiences throughout the Americas and Europe have delighted in what is considered to have been the pinnacle of aristocratic instruments in the classical era. The Project’s work has been described as “beautifully polished” (Musicalifeiten) and “delightfully inventive” (The Strad).

PROGRAM:

• Tomasini Baryton – Trio in C Major, K. 19
• Pickup – Prelude No. 1
• Haydn Baryton – Trio No. 50 in D Major, Hob. XI:50
• Jenkins/Gorton – Fantasias and Pavans from the 16th and
• 21st Centuries
• Haydn Baryton – Trio No. 72 in D Major, Hob. XI:72