"Baroque" comes from the Portugese word originally used to describe pearls prized for their misshapen and often fantastic forms. These rarities helped inspire a style of architecture that took extravagant license with inherited traditions and eventually also came to refer to musical forces that did the same.

On this week's Saint Paul Sunday, the masterful performers of REBEL plunge into Baroque repertoire with all the freedom and zest their name implies. They trace its development from early origins in Mozart and Bach through and beyond Georg Philipp Telemann's thrilling stylistic juxtapositions. We'll also hear lesser known pearls of Francesco Mancini and Johann Joachim Quantz. All the works are brought to life with what REBEL's Matthias Maute calls "the fireworks of passion."

Music Feature on this program:

Alessandro Scarlatti: Sonata Settima in D major (1725)

      III. Fuga

Francesco Mancini: Concerto Decima Terza in g minor (1725)

      I. Largo

      II. Fuga

      III. Largo

      IV. Spiritoso

Georg Philipp Telemann: Sonate Corellisante III in b minor, TWV 42, h 3

      I. Grave

      II. Vivace

      III. Adagio e staccato

      IV. Allegro assai

      V. Soave

      VI. Presto

Johann Joachim Quantz: Sonata in D major

      I. Adagio

      II. Allegro

      III. Largo

      IV. Allegro

Wolgang Amadadeus Mozart: Adagio and Fuga in g minor, K. 404a

Georg Philipp Telemann: Quartet/ Concerto in a minor, TWV 43, a 3

      I. Adagio

      II. Allegro

      III. Adagio

      IV. Vivace