Giovanni Francesco Giuliani
Violin concerto
No. 2 in B flat major
Violin solo, keyboard
Adriano Cirillo
Giuliani’s compositions, especially the concertos, display a formal balance and cantabile style reminiscent of the works of his teacher Pietro Nardini, one of the most illustrious violinists of the latter half of the eighteenth century. The Second Violin Concerto, written in 1785 and published the same year in London by William Foster, appears here in a most effective new arrangement for solo violin and keyboard.
