This project brings the forgotten yet charming sonata into a contemporary context, while preserving the Baroque aesthetic of improvised embellishment and spontaneity. This aesthetic can only be recreated in a live performance context, resulting in an entirely new realisation of the work 300 years after its inception. Improvisation and embellishment in the baroque era was governed by specific customs and skills. While still pertinent, an attempt to replicate the details of past performance risks destroying the Baroque aesthetic of spontaneity and experimentation. As there is no record of Locatelli’s own realisation of the score, there can be no authentic edition. The performance on February 27, 2015 included improvised embellishment within a contemporary paradigm, re-establishing the baroque performance tradition in a contemporary context.

Item Type:	Performance Practice
Research Division:	Studies in Creative Arts and Writing
Research Group:	Performing Arts and Creative Writing
Research Field:	Musicology and Ethnomusicology
Objective Division:	Cultural Understanding
Objective Group:	Arts and Leisure
Objective Field:	Music
Author:	Collins, S (Dr Sue Collins)
Author:	Fritzsch, J (Professor Johannes Fritzsch)
ID Code:	113889
Year Published:	2015
Deposited By:	Tasmanian College of the Arts
Deposited On:	2017-01-25
Last Modified:	2017-01-25
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