ArcangeloCorelli (1653 – 1713) wrote music that everyone in his time tried to emulate.He effectively set the benchmark for musical composition in the Baroque period.This arrangement draws on the last of the twelve opus 5 violin sonatas, which are a set of twenty-four variations on an old Spanish melody entitled “LaFollia“.Five variations are presented here after the theme is enunciated.Each upper-string section plays the tune fully against some of Corelli’s original figurations.The main theme finally returns in an opulent manner. Grade 3.