Bach Plus 2009
Alina Ibragimova (Photographer Sussie Ahlberg)
Alina Ibragimova violin/director*
Jacqueline Shave violin/director
Maggie Cole harpsichord
JS Bach Keyboard Concerto No. 5 in F minor
Berg Lyric Suite
JS Bach Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor*
JS Bach Art of Fugue (movements)*
György Kurtág Signs, Games and Messages*
JS Bach Violin Concerto No. 2 in E*
The towering genius of Johann Sebastian Bach is the focus of this superb concert, which contrasts four of his works with two seminal 20th-century pieces by Berg and Kurtág. The unsurpassed master of counterpoint – the language of the Baroque – Bach wrote his 'Art of Fugue' as a definitive exploration of the fugue form. Three Bach concertos are played by ‘scorchingly good’ (The Times) young Russian violinist Alina Ibragimova. Kurtág acknowledges his debt to Bach in his Signs, Games and Messages, which includes ‘Hommage à J.S.B.’, an exploration of a Bach-like melodic line.
‘With Ibragimova, every tone colour is at her fingertips, yet she's never the mechanical doll. She's already gone beyond superb technique; she feels and lives the music.’ The Times
In conversation
Free pre-concert talk with Alina Ibragimova
Cambridge 7.00pm
Norwich 6.30pm (admission free but please book in Norwich)
Inverness 7.15pm
Concerts in Cambridge and Norwich are supported by Orchestras Live
Please note that for the concert at Wyastone Concert Hall tickets (£18 and £15) can be purchased on line (see link above, on right) or by post to Wye Valley Music, PO Box 143, Chepstow NP16 9AE. There is a telephone helpline 01291 330 020. Online booking opens in the first week of March.
Correction: Programme notes will be available from 12th March - 29th March and also from 21 June - 4 July.
Dates
Cambridge
Thursday 19 March
8.00pm
Box Office: 01223 357851
Norwich
Friday 20 March
7.30pm
Box Office: 01603 630000
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Inverness
Sunday 22 March
8.00pm
Box Office: 01463 234234
Monmouth
Sunday 28 June
4.30pm
Box Office: 01291 330 020.
Sponsored by:
