VCHpresents: Baroque Festival
VCHPRESENTS: BAROQUE FESTIVAL (GENIUS OF ROME, ORPHEUS OF ROME)
This April, we're celebrating a golden age of music: the Baroque era. Leader of the famous Academy of Ancient Music, Bojan Cicic, directs this year's Baroque Festival, which takes place 11 & 12 April. Across two concerts he and musicians of the Singapore Symphony Orchestra will perform works by familiar names like Vivaldi and Corelli alongside works by composers whose music deserves more attention, such as Locatelli and Colista.
Antonio Vivaldi lived from 1678-1741 and has become one of the most famous composers of all time, thanks to works like The Four Seasons and his Gloria in D. He was nicknamed 'the red priest' because of his flaming red hair.
Although his music is now rarely performed, Lelio Colista (1629-1680) was one of the most important musicians of his time, even working in the papal chapel. One contemporary described him as 'vere Romanae urbis Orpheus', or 'truly, the Orpheus of the city of Rome'.
Known for his intelligent and virtuosic playing on both the violin and viola d'amore, Bojan Cicic specialises in repertoire ranging from the late 16th century to the violin concertos of Mendelssohn and Beethoven.
He has recently appeared as a soloist with the Kioi Hall Chamber Orchestra Tokyo, Instruments of Time and Truth, the Budapest Festival Orchestra and appears regularly as a leader and director with the European Union Baroque Orchestra. Bojan has featured as leader on numerous recordings with ensemble Florilegium, La Nuova Musica and the Arcangelo Consort. His recording of J.S. Bach’s Concerto for Two Violins with Rachel Podger was recently named the best available recording of the work by BBC Music Magazine.
In 2016 Bojan was appointed Professor of Baroque Violin at the Royal College of Music, and is passionate about training the next generation of instrumentalists in historically-informed playing styles. In April 2018 he was appointed the leader of the Academy of Ancient Music.
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[Cancelled] Baroque Festival - Genius of Rome
Bojan Cicic, violin/conductor / Musicians of the SSO
Sat / 11 Apr 20 / 7.30pm
Victoria Concert Hall
Leader of the famous Academy of Ancient Music, Bojan Cicic, directs our ever-popular Baroque Festival this year. Be lifted by the colourful artistry of Rome's musical genius: the source of inspiration for a whole host of composers from Handel to Stradella.
FeaturingBojan Cicic, violin/conductor / Musicians of the SSO
ProgrammeSonata XII del terzo tono from Sonate di violino a voce sola, Op. 3 | Leone Leoni (Leoni) |
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Trio Sonata in D minor | Alessandro Stradella (Stradella) |
Sonata à 3 in B-flat, W-K28 | Lelio Colista |
Sonata a 5 for violin and strings in B-flat major, HWV 288 | Georg Frideric Handel (Handel) |
Concerto Grosso Op. 7 No. 7 in G major | Giovanni Valentini (Valentini) |
Concerto grosso in A major, Op.1 No.8 | Antonio Montanari (Montanari) |
Concerti à più istrumenti in D major, Op. 6, No.12 | Evaristo Dall'Abaco (Dall'Abaco) |
Concerto Grosso No. 12 in G major "Propitia Sydera" | Georg Muffat (Muffat) |
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[Cancelled] Baroque Festival - Orpheus of Rome
Bojan Cicic, violin/conductor / Musicians of the SSO
Sun / 12 Apr 20 / 4.00pm
Victoria Concert Hall
In the second installment of the VCHpresents Baroque Festival, Bojan Cicic, Leader of the renowned Academy of Ancient Music, continues your journey into the music of Baroque Rome - the Eternal City of art and inspiration. Familiar names such as Vivaldi and Corelli share their muse with lesser-known but no less invigorating composers such as Locatelli and Valentini.
FeaturingBojan Cicic, violin/conductor / Musicians of the SSO
ProgrammeTrio Sonata in D major, Op. 3 No. 2 | Arcangelo Corelli (Corelli) |
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Sinfonia to Santa Beatrice d'Este in D minor, WoO 1 | Arcangelo Corelli (Corelli) |
Concerti Grossi for Four Violins in A minor, Op. 7 No. 11 | Giovanni Valentini (Valentini) |
Concerto grosso in C minor, Op. 1 No. 11 | Pietro Locatelli (Locatelli) |
Violin Concerto in B-flat major, RV 366 "Il Carbonelli" | Antonio Vivaldi (Vivaldi) |
Concerto grosso in D major, Op. 6 No. 4 | Arcangelo Corelli (Corelli) |
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