Finally a concert, and a good one

We arrived in Bologna on April 30, and we had a lot of shopping and other work to do on our mostly empty apartment.

But last night our friend Cinzia told us about a concert of 16/17th century music for recorder, viola da gamba, and harpsichord, and we went out to the Chiesa dei San Vitale e Agricola to hear it. We were very glad that we went. We sat perhaps 10 feet away from the performers, and they were all complete professionals, very well rehearsed and very expressive players. The program was divided into an English half and an Italian half. I was familiar with many of the English composers (Lawes, Purcell, Locke, Hume), but all of the Italians were new to me except Frescobaldi.

The ensemble works were wonderful, but I liked the solo pieces best, oddly enough. 
Gamba - Pavan and Soldier's Galliard by Tobias Hume
Recorder - Amarilli Mia Bella by Jacob van Eyck 
Harpsichord - La Monica by Bernardo Storace

Below is a snapshot of the performers, not very flattering, From the left, Luciana Elizondo (gamba), Maria Luisa Baldassari (harpsichord), and Pamela Monkobodzky (recorder).