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  • Fri 28.11.
  • 7.30 p.m.
  • Bremen
    ·Die Glocke
  • Please note that concerts will now start at 7:30 p.m.

The London Bach

7th First Night subscription concert

Works by Johann Christian Bach

Reinhard Goebel returns. For many years, the orchestra has repeatedly collaborated with him on projects involving 18th-century music, focusing particularly on historical performance practice. Few who specialize in this period can convey their expertise as eloquently and competently as the former head of Musica Antiqua Cologne. This evening is dedicated to the work of Johann Christian, the youngest son in Johann Sebastian Bach’s large family, known as the London Bach. Trained by his brother Carl Philipp Emanuel to become an excellent pianist, his work encompasses all important genres, from sacred music to instrumental and opera. After serving several years as organist at Milan Cathedral, the English (German-born) Queen summoned him to London. There, he composed for the stage with varying degrees of success, created the first London concert series and met father and son Mozart during his travels in 1764/65 – his influence on Wolfgang Amadeus should not be underestimated! A selection of his concertos for various solo instruments is framed by excerpts from popular operas.

Programme

    • Johann Christian Bach (1735–1782)
    • Overture to ›Temistocle‹
    • Johann Christian Bach
    • Sinfonia Concertante in E flat major C 41
    • Johann Christian Bach
    • Concerto in C major 1763
    • Johann Christian Bach
    • Sinfonia Concertante in C major C 43
    • Johann Christian Bach
    • Overture to ›Amadis des Gaules‹
    • Johann Christian Bach
    • Airs de danse from ›Amadis des Gaules‹
© Foto: Markus Bollen

Conductor

Reinhard Goebel

Reinhard Goebel, a conductor who specialises in 17th, 18th and early 19th century music, is revered as an »early music icon«. In demand worldwide, he acts not only as a mediator of historical performance practice to modern orchestras and early music ensembles alike, but also as an inexhaustible source of repertoire treasures.

In 1973 he formed the legendary Musica Antiqua Köln which he has directed for 33 years. Since then, he has inspired and polarised the contemporary orchestral landscape with his unique ability to amalgamate his passion for music with a detailed knowledge of musicological sources. Reinhard Goebel’s multifaceted works have won numerous awards: in 1984 he was awarded the Buxtehude Prize by the city of Lübeck, in 2015 he was selected by BBC Music Magazine as one of the top 20 best violinists of all time and he was awarded the Bach Medal of the city of Leipzig in 2017.

The Deutsche Kammer­philharmonie Bremen has for years maintained a musical friendship with the conductor and gives regular concerts under the direction of his baton; the 2021/22 season is no exception. He will also be appearing with the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunk as well as with the Swedish Radio Orchestra Stockholm. After the immense success of his CD series ›Beethoven’s World‹, the series ›New Mozart‹ with the Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg – in which largely previously unrecorded arrangements and works by Mozart will feature – will also be appearing during the 2021/22 season.

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© Foto: Markus Bollen

Conductor

Reinhard Goebel

Reinhard Goebel, a conductor who specialises in 17th, 18th and early 19th century music, is revered as an »early music icon«. In demand worldwide, he acts not only as a mediator of historical performance practice to modern orchestras and early music ensembles alike, but also as an inexhaustible source of repertoire treasures.

In 1973 he formed the legendary Musica Antiqua Köln which he has directed for 33 years. Since then, he has inspired and polarised the contemporary orchestral landscape with his unique ability to amalgamate his passion for music with a detailed knowledge of musicological sources. Reinhard Goebel’s multifaceted works have won numerous awards: in 1984 he was awarded the Buxtehude Prize by the city of Lübeck, in 2015 he was selected by BBC Music Magazine as one of the top 20 best violinists of all time and he was awarded the Bach Medal of the city of Leipzig in 2017.

The Deutsche Kammer­philharmonie Bremen has for years maintained a musical friendship with the conductor and gives regular concerts under the direction of his baton; the 2021/22 season is no exception. He will also be appearing with the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunk as well as with the Swedish Radio Orchestra Stockholm. After the immense success of his CD series ›Beethoven’s World‹, the series ›New Mozart‹ with the Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg – in which largely previously unrecorded arrangements and works by Mozart will feature – will also be appearing during the 2021/22 season.

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