Music had a cultural revolution in the seventeenth century; it suddenly became modern. This "new music" of dramatic oppositions and vivid emotions found its voice in a new form, the sonata, a pure instrumental work with no agenda but the imagination of the composer — and no standard form but the passionate give-and-take of friends in conversation.

 Quicksilver's concert is a celebration of this new style, bringing to life the extravagant and sumptuous sonatas, which were created first by virtuoso instrumental composers in Italy, and then take up in Germany.

Learn more at quicksilverbaroque.com.