Livestream: Watch Violinist Aisslinn Nosky Perform Baroque Favorites

April 25, 2021, 4:28 PM · Watch below: one of today's finest Baroque violinists, Aisslinn Nosky, performs works by Handel, Vivaldi, Bach, Corelli, Telemann and Schmeltzer, in collaboration with viola de gamba player Arnie Tanimoto and harpsichordist Robert Warner. A note to Suzuki violin students: the program begins with Handel's Sonata No. 4 in D Major, which can also be found as the fifth piece in Suzuki Book 6; and it ends with Corelli's Variations on "Follia" Op. 5 No. 12, a wonderfully different angle for Suzuki students on another Book 6 favorite, "La Folia." This is an exciting opportunity to hear these pieces done in the Baroque style, accompanied by harpsichord and continuo and with Aisslyn's tasteful and informed decorations, played with a Baroque bow and violin with gut strings.

A unique and dynamic violinist, Canadian-born Aisslinn Nosky's fierce passion for early music and her skill as a soloist, director, and conductor has generated robust appreciation by press and audiences alike. She has been called “superb” by The New York Times and “a fearsomely powerful musician” by The Toronto Star. In addition to her role as Concertmaster of the Handel and Haydn Society of Boston, Aisslinn has also collaborated with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Holland Baroque and many more. Aisslinn is the first violinist of the Eybler Quartet, who explore repertoire from the early quartet literature on period instruments.

RECITAL PROGRAM:

Violin Sonata HWV 371 (George Frideric Handel 1685-1759)
I Afetuoso
II Allegro
III Larghetto
IV Allegro
Violin Sonata Op. 2 No. 3 (Antonio Vivaldi 1678-1741)
I Preludio Andante
II Corrente Allegro
III Adagio
IV Giga Allegro
Fantasia for solo violin in Eflat major (Georg Philipp Telemann 1681-1767)
I Dolce
II Allegro
III Largo
IV Presto
Sonata Quarta (Johann Heinrich Schmelzer c.1620-1680)
Violin Sonata BWV 1021 (Johann Sebastian Bach 1685-1750)
I Adagio
II Vivace
III Largo
IV Presto
Variations on “Follia” Op. 5 No. 12 (Arcangelo Corelli 1653-1713)

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The concert, which took place on Saturday and will remain online until May 1, is part of the Atterbury House Sessions concert series, curated by Lara St John and celebrating the 150th anniversary of New York’s iconic Atterbury House. Three more concerts remain in her series: the Brentano Quartet on May 8; violinist Augustin Hadelich on May 15; and violinist Lara St. John herself on June 5.

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