Concertos de Brandenburgo à luz de velas em St Mary Le Strand
Londres, Igreja de St Mary Le Strand
Sobre o Evento
Desfrute de uma noite musical extraordinária com uma seleção dos magníficos Concertos de Brandeburgo de Bach e outras obras impressionantes no espetacular cenário à luz das velas da Igreja de St Mary Le Strand. Com alguns dos músicos mais talentosos e excepcionais do Reino Unido, a Piccadilly Sinfonietta irá proporcionar‐lhe um concerto inesquecível! Há muitos restaurantes e bares nas proximidades para completar a sua noite. 'Stunning' — Classic FM
Desde a sua formação em 2017, a Piccadilly Sinfonietta tornou‐se uma presença regular na cena de concertos do Reino Unido, dando mais de 200 apresentações por ano em alguns dos locais mais bonitos e prestigiados do país. O conjunto inclui alguns dos mais prodigiosos talentos musicais e actua exclusivamente com solistas virtuosos de renome. O grupo actua sob a direção artística do seu fundador, o pianista Warren Mailley‐Smith, e concentra‐se no repertório de concertos virtuosos dos períodos barroco, clássico e romântico inicial.
Programação
- Johann Sebastian Bach – Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 3, 4
- Johann Sebastian Bach – Violin Concerto in A minor BWV1041
Artistas
| Violino: | Victoria Lyon |
|---|---|
| Conjunto: | 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.
Morada
Igreja de St Mary Le Strand, Strand, Londres, United Kingdom — Veja no Google Maps
