David Wilson and Maria Caswell are the featured soloists playing Sonatas by Uccellini, the featured composer of the "U" concert! August 7....6pm. Uccellini lived from 1603 (maybe) to 1680. He was not terribly well known or prolific, but wrote violin music which, for its time was pushing the envelope. He used more of the violin that was common before (higher notes!) and went into stranger keys than might have been comfortable then (B Major, b flat minor, e flat minor) and added big leaps! He was a violinist himself, as well as composer and maestro di cappella in Modena and then Parma (the paying gigs).Cynthia Albers will join David, Maria and the continuo section in pieces for 3 violins called Bergamasca.
But Uccellini is not the only "U" composer we found......
David's photo by Lars Johannesson, Maria's by Charlie Lucke (at the "T" concert)
