HKUST Arts Festival 2021 - Art, Despite the Pandemic - Concert III - 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 III - March 25, 2021
Video Link:
https://youtu.be/uimxzMuWp1k
Language: Cantonese with English Subtitles
PROGRAM (details: click here)
Giovanni Battista Sammartini (1700–1775)
Concerto in C major for violoncello piccolo, strings and basso continuo
(Keyboard reduction by Dr. Sonia Lee)
Allegro
Andante sempre piano
Allegro
Five-string violoncello piccolo - Dr. Ka-Wai Yu
五弦高音大提琴 - 余嘉維博士
Harpsichord (basso continuo) - Dr. Sonia Lee
古鍵琴（數字低音）- 李敏琪博士
Eighteenth-century Italian composer Giovanni Battista Sammartini was a leading figure in the development of the Classical style. He composed some of the earliest-dated symphonies prior to Haydn and Mozart. Concerto in C Major for Violoncello piccolo or Violin, strings and basso continuo is one of the first known concertos written for the violoncello piccolo. The manuscript comes from the Westdeutsche Bibliothek in Marburg, Germany and is mentioned in the Breitkopf Catalogue of 1762. Like Sammartini’s other works, this concerto has an intense rhythmic drive and continuity of structure in the outer movements, contrasted by a lyrical middle movement.
Program notes by Dr. Ka-Wai Yu
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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