HKUST Arts Festival 2021 - Art, Despite the Pandemic - Concert IV - 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 presents 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 IV - April 1, 2021
Video Link:
https://youtu.be/l0GwL3hVImI
Language: Cantonese with English Subtitles
PROGRAM (details: click here)
Partimento and Thoroughbass Improvisation
Bernardo Pasquini (1637–1710)
Basso continuo fugue in d minor, from Ms. Add. 31501/II (1708)
Giovanni Paisiello (1740–1816)
Partimento in D Major, Gj2330, from Regole per bene accompagnare il Partimento (1782)
Johann Mattheson (1681–1764)
Grosse Generalbaß-Schule, Teil 3 (1731)
Prob-Stück No. 12 in A-flat major
Prob-Stück No. 20 in B minor
Harpsichord - Kenneth Yeung
古鍵琴 - 楊奇峰
This program focuses on eighteenth-century improvisation in both Italian and German traditions. The Italian partimento tradition is demonstrated by examples of Bernardo Pasquini (1637-1710) and Giovanni Paisiello (1740–1816), whereas the German thoroughbass tradition is illustrated by two “test pieces” (Prob-Stücke) taken from the advanced class of the Grosse Generalbaß-Schule (1731) written by Johann Mattheson (1681–1764). Since the texture of these pieces was only partially written out – encoded on a single staff with figured bass notation – it is ultimately the performer’s interpretation and imagination to transform the shorthanded sketch into a fully-fledged piece of composition.
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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