Izidor Erazem Grafenauer (SI)
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Weiss, a contemporary of Bach, on the rarely heard baroque lute. An intimate, masterful music that transcends time and space. The Plečnik church in Stranje offers a unique tribute to divine and eternal beauty.
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Weiss
solo works from the London Manuscript
Silvius Leopold Weiss was an extremely respected musician in his time, who spent most of his professional career as the highest paid musician at the Dresden court. He was renowned as a top lutenist, creating and socializing with artists such as Bach, Handel, Vivaldi and others. His compositions were not published during his lifetime, but even though much of his vast opus is lost, he left us around 650 pieces for lute, lute in chamber ensembles and lute concertos. The concert will feature three sonatas and the Tombeau from the London manuscript, which, along with the Dresden manuscript, is considered the most important and contains the most compositions. Although these are compositions by the same composer in similar forms (3 sonatas), they are contrasting works of high artistic quality, which, with their intricate artistry, style, ornamentation and invention, are an important window into the culture and art of Europe in the first half of the 18th century.
Stranje, Church of St. Benedict
The church of St. Benedict in Stranje is the most extensive Plečnik's work in the area. Up to the first decades of the 19th century, its medival forerunner stood there.
