Brandenburgse concerten bij kaarslicht in St Mary Le Strand
Londen, St Mary Le Strand Kerk
Over het evenement
Geniet van een uitmuntende muzikale avond met een selectie van Bachs prachtige Brandenburgse Concerto's en andere verbluffende werken in de spectaculaire kaarsverlichte setting van St Mary Le Strand Church. The Piccadilly Sinfonietta, met enkele van de meest talentvolle en uitzonderlijke musici uit het Verenigd Koninkrijk, trakteert je op een concert om nooit te vergeten! Er zijn genoeg restaurants en bars in de buurt om je avond compleet te maken. 'Stunning' — Classic FM
Sinds de oprichting in 2017 is het Piccadilly Sinfonietta een vaste waarde geworden in de Britse concertwereld, met meer dan 200 optredens per jaar in enkele van de mooiste en meest prestigieuze locaties van het land. Het ensemble bestaat uit een aantal van de meest wonderbaarlijke muzikale talenten en treedt uitsluitend op met toonaangevende virtuoze solisten. De groep treedt op onder de artistieke leiding van de oprichter, concertpianist Warren Mailley‐Smith en richt zich op het virtuoze concertrepertoire van de barok, de klassieke periode en de vroege romantiek.
Programma
- Johann Sebastian Bach – Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 3, 4
- Johann Sebastian Bach – Violin Concerto in A minor BWV1041
Kunstenaars
| Viool: | Victoria Lyon |
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| 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.
Adres
St Mary Le Strand Kerk, Strand, Londen, Verenigd Koninkrijk — Zie op Google Maps
