Musica Antiqua
In the second half of the 18th century, English composer and historian Charles Burney travelled to France, Italy, Germany and the Netherlands to study music.He visited large cities such as Paris, Vienna and Rome, and met musical heavyweights including C. P. E. Bach and Gluck.
In the Musica Antiqua series of concerts in De Bijloke Music Centre in Ghent, you can go on a journey through Europe, just like Burney.What will it be for you?Italian passion, German sincerity or French grandeur?
In the second half of the 18th century, English composer and historian Charles Burney travelled to France, Italy, Germany and the Netherlands to study music.He visited large cities such as Paris, Vienna and Rome, and met musical heavyweights including C. P. E. Bach and Gluck.In the Musica Antiqua series of concerts in De Bijloke Music Centre in Ghent, you can go on a journey through Europe, just like Burney.The 17th and 18th century repertoire is central, and will be performed by leading artists from home and abroad.What will it be for you?Italian passion, German sincerity or French grandeur?
Virtuoso harpsichordist Skip Sempé will set the ball rolling (25 September 2010).With his ensemble Capriccio Stravagante he reconstructs the orchestra of the French King Louis XIV – ‘Les 24 Violons du Roi’.Italian sensuality and passion will then be exhibited by the young Belgian ensemble Scherzi Musicali (30 September 2010).With Domenico Mazzocchi’s pastoral drama ‘La Catena d’Adone’, they will perform a spirited tale where passion, deception and seduction set the tone.There is more Italian music from the Italian ensemble Zefiro under the leadership of hobo player Alfredo Bernardini (12 November 2010).In this concert Alfredo Bernardini will let us hear his own arrangements of Rossini’s ‘Il barbieri di Siviglia’ alongside Mozart’s ‘Gran Partita’.
Germanysincerity comes – naturally – from Bach.Bach’s magisterial ‘Magnificat’ is performed from the very beginning by Bach players from Collegium Vocale Gent (20 November 2010).They will also perform a cantata from Christoph Graupner.Graupner was a contemporary of Bach and wrote no fewer than 1341 spiritual cantatas.By a twist of fate, however, his work got lost in obscurity.With the project ‘Graupner 2010’, De Bijloke Music centre in Ghent is once again bringing this composer’s rich oeuvre to the fore!Finally, there is a look over the European borders:the Concerto Soave ensemble, together with soprano Maria Cristina Kiehr and oud player Moneim Adwan, will go in search of the link between music by Italian baroque composer Claudio Monteverdi and centuries-old Arabian lute songs (02 December 2010).
