Baroque Concerto for guitar and chamber orchestra

Abstract

The Baroque Concerto (1995) for guitar and chamber orchestra is derived from an earlier work by Constantinides for guitar and strings. The revision contains four movements; each dedicated to a Baroque composer. The first movement is dedicated to the greatest Baroque composer, J. S. Bach, and presents material from his Violin Concerto in E Major.

The second movement celebrates the music of Georg Philipp Telemann, whose Concerto for Four Violins is echoed in part. Next, Arcangelo Corelli and Georg Frederick Handel are honored with excerpts from Corelli’s Christmas Concerto and Handel’s Largo from Xerxes. The final movement pays homage to Giovanni B. Sammartini.