Happy Birthday, Johann Sebastian!
330th birthday of Johann Sebastian Bach
For this year's European Day of Early Music, which is also the 330th birthday of Johann Sebastian Bach, the musica cubicularis ensemble (Žiga Faganel: violin, Domen Marinčič: viol, Tomaž Sevšek: harpsichord) prepared a programme of Bach's music for violin, bass viol and harpsichord. Apart from sonatas with obbligato harpsichord and virtuoso solo pieces, they present two reconstructed trio sonatas for these instruments.
21.3.2015 (Sat), 20:00, Brežice, Brežice Castle
Festival upbeat and presentation of the site at Festibus arrival - ca. 19:00)
Festibus: LJU 17:45
Bach's Birthday
Happy Birthday, Johann Sebastian!
"Bach used the violin, the bass viol and the harpsichord in his chamber music making throughout his career. He is primarily known as a keyboard virtuoso, but found his first employment as a violinist in Weimar, later returning there as concertmaster. In Weimar he also composed for the viola da gamba, used it at the court in Cöthen – Prince Leopold is known to have played all three instruments –, and appeared with viol players at public concerts of the Leipzig collegium musicum. Our programme thus includes works from all three most important stages of his career, each piece telling a different story: a tiring journey, the death of Bach's first wife, the lost sonatas, an unusual exercise in composition and a concert in a coffee house."
The concert will be broadcastred live on Radio Slovenia, programme ARS, starting at 19:30. We are also joining the network of video live streams from concert venues all accross the Europe on a new platform dedicated to early music www.remaradio.eu. Direct access to the Brežice concert will also be possible directly through our website.
European Day of Early Music will be celebrated with more than hundred events in more than twenty countries. Check earlymusicday.eu/events for more info.
We are looking forward to your visit - on the internet, via radio or the best of all - in person.
The Seviqc Brežice Team
