25.06.2018
A walk through time
On 7 July the dress circle foyer will host an instrumental chamber concert, From Baroque to Our Age. The audience can expect a true walk through time: the programme features works by composers from different eras including Johann Sebastian Bach, Henry Purcell, Arcangelo Corelli, Benjamin Britten, and our contemporary Metropolitan Hilarion (Alfeyev).
Johann Sebastian Bach is not only the father of baroque music, but an unrivalled musical genius. The Brandenburg Concertos are considered to be a perfect expression of Bach’s orchestral style. „A chamber string ensemble will play at this concert“, says the orchestra concert master and creator of the programme, Alexey Lukirsky. „The third concerto was therefore an obvious choice, since it is the only one from the whole cycle composed without a wind section. In fact, I put together the programme for the evening based on my own musical preferences.“
The audience will be treated to Concerto grosso no.8 by Arcangelo Corelli, a composer and musician who is known as the founder of the Italian violin school. The evening will also feature Benjamin Britten’s arrangement of Henry Purcell’s Chaconne, which creates a kind of figurative bridge between two centuries. The English composer became a musical legend in the twentieth century, having incorporated into his works the best elements of the preceding centuries. In his Simple Symphony, a love of Mozart’s music is apparent, as is a respect for the classical traditions. The twenty-first century will be represented by the Concerto grosso by Metropolitan Hilarion (Alfeyev), who also harks back to times past in his composition and finds inspiration in whimsical baroque modality.
Johann Sebastian Bach is not only the father of baroque music, but an unrivalled musical genius. The Brandenburg Concertos are considered to be a perfect expression of Bach’s orchestral style. „A chamber string ensemble will play at this concert“, says the orchestra concert master and creator of the programme, Alexey Lukirsky. „The third concerto was therefore an obvious choice, since it is the only one from the whole cycle composed without a wind section. In fact, I put together the programme for the evening based on my own musical preferences.“
The audience will be treated to Concerto grosso no.8 by Arcangelo Corelli, a composer and musician who is known as the founder of the Italian violin school. The evening will also feature Benjamin Britten’s arrangement of Henry Purcell’s Chaconne, which creates a kind of figurative bridge between two centuries. The English composer became a musical legend in the twentieth century, having incorporated into his works the best elements of the preceding centuries. In his Simple Symphony, a love of Mozart’s music is apparent, as is a respect for the classical traditions. The twenty-first century will be represented by the Concerto grosso by Metropolitan Hilarion (Alfeyev), who also harks back to times past in his composition and finds inspiration in whimsical baroque modality.
