Giovanni Battista Pergolesi has been played on NTS in shows including The Early Bird Show w/ Jack Rollo, featured first on 16 September 2018. Songs played include Stabat Mater, Sonata For Flute, viola & Harp; Pastorale (from Oiseau-Lyre SOL 60048) 1962 and Stabat Mater.

Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (January 4, 1710 – March 16, 1736) was an Italian composer, violinist and organist.

Pergolesi was born in Jesi, Italy, where he studied music under Francesco Santini there before going to Naples in 1725 where he studied under Gaetano Greco among others. He spent most of his life working in Neapolitan courts.

Pergolesi was one of the most important early…