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Recorded on 11/21/2009, uploaded on 02/03/2010

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Sonata VIII                Michael Christian Festing

Adagio; Allegro; Largo; Giga Allegro; Gavotta Allegro

Michael Christian Festing was an 18^th century English violinist and composer.  He came from a musical family and his brother, John Festing was a notable flautist and oboist and teacher.  As a composer, Michael Festing began his career writing in the Baroque style and then later transitioned into the that came to be associated with the early Classical period of music. His earliest works, like Sonata VIII employ typical baroque elements such as ground basses, canons at the octave and fugal treatments.     Callipygian Players

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