Artists
- Justin Taylorharpsichord
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Justin Taylor
Image credit: © Jean-Baptiste Millot
Bach and Italy
Justin Taylor harpsichord
- Date
- Sat 07 Dec 2024, 1.00pm
- Tickets
- £18 (concessions £16)
- Duration
This concert will be approximately 1 hour in duration, without an interval
- Availability
Ticket bookings are subject to a £4.00 booking fee. This fee covers the whole booking and is not per ticket
Programme
- Johann Sebastian Bach1685-1750
- Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in D minor BWV903
- Concerto for harpsichord, strings and continuo (after Vivaldi RV230) BWV972
- Benedetto Marcello1686-1739
- Harpsichord Sonata No. 7 in A minor:
- Presto - Adagio
- Johann Sebastian Bach1685-1750
- Concerto in C BWV Anh.151:
- Andante
- Toccata in E minor BWV914
- Concerto in C (after Vivaldi RV208) BWV594:
- Allegro
- Italian Concerto in F BWV971
- Prelude (Fantasia) in C minor BWV921
- Concerto in F (after Vivaldi RV310) BWV978
- Concerto No. 3 in D minor (after Marcello Oboe Concerto in D minor) BWV974:
- Adagio
- Toccata in D BWV912
Overview
Like many composers, Bach was greatly influenced by Italy. His encounter with Vivaldi’s music in 1713 at the Weimar Ducal court music library will mark him forever. He was literally mesmerised by this music that can go from a very intimate atmosphere to the most animated virtuosity and started transcribing concertos for solo harpischord. This Italian exuberance will influence such other works by Bach as the Chromatic Fantasy or the Toccatas. The superb Concerto Italiano, written 20 years later, represents the dazzling and stirring synthesis between Bach’s genius and his encounter with Italian music.