“This year our emphasis is presenting all four of Antonio Vivaldi’s seasons and, of course, we’re in mid-summer so it’s appropriate to feature his Summer [Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 8, RV 315]. Our violin soloist is Inna Eyzerovich,” says Dr. Allan Birney, “Valley Vivaldi” Founder and Director.

The Pennsylvania Sinfonia Orchestra presents the second of its summer “Valley Vivaldi” series, 7 p.m. July 23, Wesley United Methodist Church, 2540 Center St., Bethlehem.

“As far as our other selections, a new one for me is Giuseppe Torelli’s ‘Trumpet Concerto in D Major, G8.’ It was highly recommended and will feature trumpet soloist Hugh Williamson,” says Birney, who will conduct the concert.

The program includes the duo of Sinfonia Concertmaster Simon Maurer and recorder player Rainer Beckman performing two pieces: Georg Philipp Telemann’s “Concerto de camera in G Minor, TWV 43:g3” and Johann Sebastian Bach’s “Trio Sonata for Organ, transcribed for Recorder, Violin and Continuo.”

“The program also includes one of the most familiar Baroque pieces, the ‘Canon in D Major, P. 37’ by Johann Pachelbel,” says Birney.

Although the selections are of the Baroque period, Birney makes one distinction: “Vivaldi’s music tends to be more cheerful and perhaps a bit simpler in comparison to Bach and Pachelbel’s music. Their works are more contrapuntal. You could say ‘intense,’ because everyone’s working together. The music is very complex and makes the July concert even more exciting.”

The Sinfonia concludes its 40th “Valley Vivaldi” season, 7 p.m. Aug. 20, Wesley United Methodist Church, Bethlehem, with a program of two Vivaldi compositions, “Concerto No. 3 in F Major, “Autumn,”, Op. 8, RV 293, featuring Concertmaster Simon Maurer, and “Oboe Concerto in A Minor, RV 461” with oboe soloist Nobuo Kitagawa.

Pennsylvania Sinfonia Orchestra, “Valley Vivaldi,” 7 p.m. July 23, Wesley United Methodist Church, 2540 Center St., Bethlehem. Tickets, at door; 610-434-7811; https://www.pasinfonia.org/

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