LA RITIRATA: BOCCHERINI QUINTETS

Repertoire

BOCCHERINI: Quintet for guitar and strings in D major “Fandango”, No. 4, G448, Largo Assai (from Sonata G6 in C major), 12 variations on “La Ritirata di Madrid”
FERNANDO SOR: Introduction and variations on a theme by Mozart “The Magic Flute”, op. 9
ARRIAGA: Variations for string quartet, op. 17
HAYDN: Cassation in C major for lute and strings, HOB. III:6

Artists

Enrike Solinís, guitar
Andoni Mercero, violin
Miren Zeberio, violin
Daniel Lorenzo, viola
Josetxu Obregón, cello

Program

In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, Boccherini, Sor and Arriaga were the key figures bringing Spanish instrumental music to wider European audiences. La Ritirata, led by Josetxu Obregón, with guitarist Enrike Solinís, plays a repertoire which is essential for our understanding of the music of this period.