Works for recorder by Matteis a. o.

Works for recorder by Matteis a. o.

Every year in late August, the renowned Early Music Festival takes place in the Dutch city of Utrecht. It is the world's largest festival focused on early music, attracting an audience of over 70 thousand visitors. Due to the corona pandemic, the 2020 edition of the festival took place in an alternative form, offering an alternative program that included live concerts as well as daily livestreams of concerts and archive recordings. As part of this festival edition, Erik Bosgraaf (recorder), Izhar Elias (guitar), and Alessandro Pianu (harpsichord) present a program that centers around music related to the city of London around 1700, performing works by Italian-born Baroque violinist Nicola Matteis, and melodies from The Division Flute (anonymous) and John Playford's The Dancing Master, among others. One of the world's most virtuosic recorder players, Bosgraaf is perfectly suited to perform these technically demanding melodies for this beautiful chamber music performance. This concert was recorded at St. Gertrude's Chapel in Utrecht on August 25, 2020.