The "T" Concert was in a wonderful studio on a warm summer evening. We declared it a barefoot concert when we realized that we were all more comfortable without the restrictions of footwear!Maybe that's what inspired Kati's wonderful dancing quality in the Tartini Sonata (Opus 1, no.9)
Mary talked a bit about the viol family of instruments, showing her gorgeous viola da gamba. It was made in Bach's time and he had other instruments by the same maker. There seems to be a great likelihood that it would have been in the same room with Bach at some point. Perhaps a silly thing, but actually kind of thrilling!! We usually think of the gamba as a softer instrument than the cello, but in this concert we played together quite
happily. In the second Paris Quartet of Telemann the gamba and cello traded solo parts by movement. And the Telemann Suite for viola da gamba solo with string and harpsichord accompaniment was a wonderful show by Mary of what the instrument and she can do! It was a great finale!
