Arcadia Players - New England's Period Instrument Ensemble
Arcadia Players embraces
historical performance practice to illuminate and invigorate the great Western heritage of vocal and instrumental music. |
Concerti for a King: music from the Court of Frederick the Great
Saturday October 26, 2024 at 7:00 PM Wesley Methodist Church, Hadley In 1732, eight years before Frederick the Great ascended to the Prussian throne, he formed a court orchestra at his estate in Rheinsberg. Frederick was a great judge of talent and quickly assembled a core of the most promising young musicians; his two greatest prizes were the violinists Franz Benda and Johann Gottlieb Graun. The two shared concert master duties and also wrote the most impressive violin music of the era. Later, Frederick the Great persuaded the young Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach to join the orchestra, pairing one of the greatest keyboard players of the day with two of the best violinists. This concert will feature violin concerti by Graun and Benda alongside a keyboard concerto by Carl Philip Emanuel Bach. All three concerti are marvelous and astounding. Julia Glenn will be the featured violin soloist and Artistic Director Andrus Madsen will solo on the Bach concerto. . |
