Online Concert: Concerto D’Amore: Overcoming Rivalry
Online
Artists: Pacific Baroque Orchestra, Alexander Weimann, dir., harpsichord
The concerto is all about bringing things together: the term derives from Latin concertare, meaning “to work together with someone,” “to agree.” That same root word, however, also means “to contend, dispute, or debate,” suggesting that the concerto brings its participants into creative tension, even friendly competition. If the Baroque concerto models a kind of relationship, it’s one in which some lively argument is productive, in the end, of a sweeter and more satisfying harmony.