Watch the video and then listen to the audio clips that illustrate Madeline's examples.

Associate Concertmaster Madeline Adkins leads BSO soloists in a program of concertos by Vivaldi, widely recognized as the master of the Baroque instrumental concerto. The concert also includes Handel’s Concerto Grosso, as well as Biber’s Battalia, described by the composer as: "The Battle. The dissolute horde of musketeers, Mars, the fight, and the lament of the wounded, imitated with arias, and dedicated to Bacchus [the Roman god of wine and revelry]".

The soloists are:

Madeline Adkins, violin and leader	Philip Munds, horn	Beth Graham, horn
Rebecca Nichols, violin	Ivan Stefanovic, violin	James Umber, violin

Vivaldi -  Concerto for Four Violins, Op. 3, No. 10 in B minor, RV 580
Biber -  Battalia
Vivaldi -  Concerto for 2 Horns in F major, RV. 538
Vivaldi -  Violin Concerto, Op. 8, No. 5 in E-flat major, RV 253, "La tempesta de mare"
Handel -  Concerto Grosso in B-flat Major, opus 3, no. 2, HWV 313

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