Concertos brandebourgeois à la lueur des bougies à St Mary Le Strand
Londres, Église St Mary Le Strand
A propos du spectacle
Profitez d'une soirée musicale exceptionnelle avec une sélection des magnifiques concertos brandebourgeois de Bach et d'autres œuvres étonnantes dans le cadre spectaculaire de l'église St Mary Le Strand, éclairée à la bougie. Avec certains des musiciens les plus accomplis et les plus exceptionnels du Royaume‐Uni, le Piccadilly Sinfonietta vous offrira un concert inoubliable ! De nombreux restaurants et bars se trouvent à proximité pour compléter votre soirée. 'Stunning' — Classic FM
Depuis sa création en 2017, le Piccadilly Sinfonietta est devenu un habitué de la scène britannique, donnant plus de 200 représentations par an dans certains des lieux les plus beaux et les plus prestigieux du pays. L'ensemble comprend certains des talents musicaux les plus prodigieux et se produit exclusivement avec des solistes virtuoses de premier plan. Le groupe se produit sous la direction artistique de son fondateur, le pianiste de concert Warren Mailley‐Smith, et se concentre sur le répertoire de concertos virtuoses des périodes baroque, classique et du début de la période romantique.
Programme
- Johann Sebastian Bach – Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 3, 4
- Johann Sebastian Bach – Violin Concerto in A minor BWV1041
Artistes
| Violon: | Victoria Lyon |
|---|---|
| Ensemble: | The Piccadilly Sinfonietta |
Johann Sebastian Bach
The name Bach and the word musician had long been synonyms in Germany as the world saw 56 musicians from this kin. But it was Johann Sebastian Bach, a genius composer and virtuoso organ player, who shed lustre on his family name. He was born on th 31st of March 1685 in Eisenach, a small town in Thuringia. At the age of 10 he became an orphan and was brought up by his elder brother Johann Christoph, who was an organist in a neighbouring town. His brother was the one to teach music to the young Johann Sebastian. Later he moved to Luneburg where he attended a church school and mastered the techniques of playing violin, viola, piano and organ by the age of 17. Besides that, Bach was a choir singer and later after his voice broke he became a chanter’s assistant. In 1703 Bach was hired as a court musician in the chapel of Duke Johann Ernst III. He earned such a good reputation there that he was later invited to Arnstadt to be an organist at the New Church, where he wrote his best organ works. In 1723 he moved to Leipzig to be a chantor at St. Thomas Church where he stayed until his death of a stroke in 1750. In the year of his death he had undergone unsuccessful eye surgery which lead him to lose his eyesight. During that strenuous time his second wife Anna Magdalena helped him to write his last musical pieces. Bach’s artistic legacy is vast. He created compositions in all genres of the time: oratorias, cantatas, masses, motets, music for organ, piano and violin.
Adresse
Église St Mary Le Strand, Strand, Londres, Royaume‐Uni — Google Maps
