Concerti Brandeburghesi a lume di candela a St Mary Le Strand
Londra, Chiesa di St Mary Le Strand
Lo spettacolo
Godetevi un'eccezionale serata musicale con una selezione dei magnifici Concerti Brandeburghesi di Bach e altre opere straordinarie nella spettacolare cornice a lume di candela della Chiesa di St Mary Le Strand. La Piccadilly Sinfonietta, composta da alcuni dei più abili ed eccezionali musicisti del Regno Unito, vi regalerà un concerto da ricordare! Nelle vicinanze si trovano numerosi ristoranti e bar per completare la serata. 'Stunning' — Classic FM
Dalla sua formazione nel 2017, la Piccadilly Sinfonietta è diventata un appuntamento fisso sulla scena concertistica del Regno Unito, con oltre 200 esibizioni all'anno in alcune delle sedi più belle e prestigiose del Paese. L'ensemble comprende alcuni dei più prodigiosi talenti musicali e si esibisce esclusivamente con solisti virtuosi di primo piano. Il gruppo si esibisce sotto la direzione artistica del suo fondatore, il pianista Warren Mailley‐Smith, e si concentra sul repertorio concertistico virtuoso del periodo barocco, classico e romantico.
Programma
- Johann Sebastian Bach – Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 3, 4
- Johann Sebastian Bach – Violin Concerto in A minor BWV1041
Artisti
| Violino: | 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.
Indirizzo
Chiesa di St Mary Le Strand, Strand, Londra, Regno Unito — Google Maps
