HKUST Arts Festival 2021 - Art, Despite the Pandemic - Concert II -The Splendours of Italian and German Baroque Music by Concerto da Camera
HKUST Arts Festival 2021 - ART, DESPITE THE PANDEMIC
The Splendours of Italian and German Baroque Music by Concerto da Camera
科大藝術節2021 - 藝術在蔓延
雅樂合奏團 - 華麗的意大利與德國巴羅克音樂聚會
The local chamber music ensemble Concerto da Camera will present a series of online mini-concerts through the six consecutive weeks (Mar 11 - Apr 15). In the concerts, we will hear many variegated masterpieces of the Italian and German Baroque periods.
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CONCERT II - March 18, 2021
Video Link:
https://youtu.be/ERLCFMpMK-E
Language: Cantonese with English Subtitles
PROGRAM (details: click here)
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
Musical Offerings, BWV 1079 (1747)
Ricercar a 3
Ricercar a 6
Harpsichord - Kenneth Yeung
古鍵琴 - 楊奇峰
Johann Sebastian Bach’s Musical Offering, BWV 1079 (1747) is a cyclical, variegated work that assembles two keyboard fugues, a trio sonata and ten canons. All these seemingly heterogeneous components are indeed based on the one and same “royal theme,” which was deigned by King Friedrich II of Prussia in Potsdam when Bach attended the evening chamber music gathering and was asked to improvise on the spot. This program features the complementary three- and six-voice ricercars, the first of which reveals Bach’s consummate art of extemporaneous improvisation, and the second of which reveals his ingenious skill in writing contrapuntal, fugal music.
Program notes by Kenneth Yeung
CONCERTO DA CAMERA (HONG KONG)
Since its founding in 2004, Concerto da Camera has brought unique, innovative chamber music and arts programs to audiences of all ages and backgrounds. Its programming strives to increase public interest in classical music, and to foster arts and culture. Its events have taken place in both traditional venues and new spaces, such as beautiful heritage sites, offering memorable experiences to the audience. Sponsors of its past projects include the Hong Kong Arts Development Council, Po Leung Kuk, Ming Pao, RTHK, and Alliance Française de Hong Kong.
An advocate of new music, Concerto da Camera regularly commissions and performs works by living and Hong Kong composers, and has received multiple supports from the CASH Music Fund. The organization also collaborates with artists of disciplines outside music.
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