Tartini: Violin Sonata in G Minor The Devils Trill Rachell Ellen Wong, baroque violin

Tartini s masterpiece for solo violin, performed by Rachell Ellen Wong as part of the Voices of Music online season, November 24, 2020. Tartini gave his own account of his sonata: One night, in the year 1713, I dreamed I had made a pact with the devil for my soul. Everything went as I wished: my new servant anticipated my every desire. Among other things, I gave him my violin to see if he could play. How great was my astonishment on hearing a sonata so wonderful and so beautiful, played with such great art and intelligence, as I had never even conceived in my boldest flights of fantasy. I felt enraptured, transported, enchanted: my breath failed me, and I awoke. I immediately grasped my violin in order to retain, in part at least, the impression of my dream. In vain The music which I at this time composed is indeed the best that I ever wrote, and I still call it the Devil s Trill, but the difference between it and that which so moved me is so great that I would have destro