Richard Stone, Baroque Lute
Cameron Welke, Baroque Lute

Silvius Leopold Weiss: The Dresden Lute Duetti

  Sonata in A for two lutes, WeissSW 60 **
  Sonata in D for two lutes, WeissSW 59 *
  Sonata in C for two lutes, WeissSW 54 ** 
  Sonata in B flat for two lutes, WeissSW 56 **

Lost lute parts reconstructed by Richard Stone: * lute 1 (primo), ** lute 2 (secondo).

Duo Silvio, the baroque lute duo of faculty artist Richard Stone and Cameron Welke (MM ’20, Lute) performs the Dresden Lute Duets of 18^th-century lute composer and virtuoso Silvius Leopold Weiss, whose work has borne frequent comparison to that of his friend, J.S. Bach. With one exception, all of Weiss’s ensemble music survives in an incomplete state: one lute part only for each work. Richard Stone’s reconstructions of the missing lute parts center four of Weiss’s duets on this program.