Graduate Lecture-Recital: Phaik Tzhi Chua, baroque violin, "Partimento and the 18th- century Neapolitan Violin Sonata"

This lecture recital explores the concept and practice of “partimento”, a pedagogical and compositional technique associated with Neapolitan conservatories in the 18th century. In particular, it focuses on how this technique might be internalized and practiced by a modern performer and used to analyze and, in turn, “speak” the musical language of the period, Focusing on violin sonatas by Nicola Porpora (1686-1768) and Giovanni Antonio Piani (1678...