First, the context was set through Domenico Scarlatti and Mozart, a predecessor to all Spanish baroque, the former, and a famed contemporary of Manuel Blasco de Nebra, the latter. Then, three pieces of De Nebra followed, and, to close with a musician prefigured by De Nebra, «Drei Klavierstücke» (D 946) by Franz Schubert were played as the final programmed pieces of the afternoon.
Programmed, I say, for the concert closed with Sonata in C minor (R. 18) and Sonata in G minor (M.38) by Catalan pare Antoni Soler, another late baroque composer, contemporary to De Nebra. It was around this time I realised Ms. Pelliccioli had not brought a single music sheet with her, and, therefore, just played way above an hour from memory. To a guy who cannot yet memorise his phone-number, this is quite an impressive feat, and, by itself, already worth the applause earned by today’s masterclass in Spanish baroque.