Next concert

Archived Event

Telemann and Bach
Helsinki Baroque Orchestra; Aapo Häkkinen; Carolyn Sampson
Date
Sat 06 Jan 2018, 7.30pm
Duration
This concert will be approximately 2 hours in duration, including an interval
Availability

Artists

  • Helsinki Baroque Orchestra
    • Aapo Häkkinendirector, harpsichord
    • Carolyn Sampsonsoprano

    Programme

    • Georg Philipp Telemann
      1681-1767
        • Ouverture burlesque in B flat major TWV55:B8
        • Trauer-Music eines kunsterfahrenen Canarienvogels (Canary Cantata) TWV20:37

    Interval

    • Johann Sebastian Bach
      1685-1750
        • Harpsichord Concerto No. 3 in D major BWV1054
          :
        • Concerto in D major for harpsichord BWV1054 (from Violin Concerto in E major BWV1042)
        • Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen BWV51
          :
        • Cantata: Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen BWV51

    Encore

    • George Frideric Handel
      1685-1759
        • Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne (Eternal source of light divine) HWV74
          :
        • Eternal source of light divine

    Overview

    Joys and sorrows, tragedy andcomedy pulse through HelsinkiBaroque Orchestra’s programme.

    The orchestra opens withTelemann’s Ouverture burlesque,with its miniature portraits ofstock pantomime characters, andis joined by Gramophone Award-winningsoprano Carolyn Sampsonin Telemann’s mock-seriousfuneral music for a dead canaryand Bach’s Jauchzet Gott in allenLanden, among the most joyful ofhis cantatas.

    Related tags

    Part of