An Evening of Baroque Music in Bangkok

European-based musicians of Il Gardillino acknowledge the applause of the enthusiastic Bangkok audience.

Bangkok Art and Culture Centre. September 25, 2011. Il Gardillino is an ensemble of seven European musicians who specialize in music of the Baroque period. In a beautiful performance in Bangkok, they played works by Marcello and Janitsch (both of whom I didn’t know) and by Vivaldi and Bach. Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 was particularly interesting and surprisingly fulsome, because it is usually played and recorded by much larger ensembles. With so few instruments, it was easy to hear all the voice lines and to appreciate the clarity of this well-known magnificent work. Il Gardellino played to a full house, which was generous in its applause, and which brought on an exciting encore.