Wonders of Nature, harpsichord recital by Pawel Siwczak at All Saints' Church, London on Tuesday 14th June 2022

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Wonders of Nature, harpsichord recital by Pawel Siwczak

Part of the Wandsworth Arts Fringe 2022 Festival

Add to my Calendar 14-06-2022 19:30 14-06-2022 21:30 36 Wonders of Nature, harpsichord recital by Pawel Siwczak With this programme Pawel focuses on a Pastorale theme, through some evocative and descriptive pieces for solo harpsichord. We promise a restful and restorative time in a musical garden where you will hear happy hens searching for worms, imagine the delicate petals of the lily softly opening on a warm summer evening. It is all rather peaceful under the linden tree, even the lion decides to take a nap, but then Jupiter has some other ideas and puts on a show of thunder and lightning, reminding us that nature is a fantastic spectacle… This is music from the Renaissance to the late Baroque, by English, French, German and Dutch composers, focusing on a favourite theme of the time: rural life, and nature, implicitly set against the more complex life of a court or a city (to which the artists belonged). For us today (and especially for us Londoners) nature does still symbolise escape, rest and rejuvenation and we hope this concert brings you just that. Played on a copy of an 18-the century instrument (based on the original in Villa Medici in Rome). Reserve your ticket on-line for free, it helps us with planning, venue layout etc., but if you can’t schedule ahead, you’re welcome to just show up on the day! All Saints' Church, London DD/MM/YYYY

Details

All Saints' Church
Brudenell Road
Tooting
London
SW17 8DQ
England

Tuesday 14th June 2022
7:30 PM

Programme

William Byrd – Pavan and Galliard in G, MB 71
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck – Variations on 'Unter der Linden grune'
Johann Jacob Froberger – Harpsichord Suite in E minor 'Wasserfall', FbWV 627
Jean-Philippe Rameau – La Poule
Francois Couperin – Treizieme Ordre
Antoine Forqueray – La Boisson
Antoine Forqueray – La Léon, Sarabande
Antoine Forqueray – Jupiter

Performers

Pawel Siwczak – harpsichord

Programme Note

With this programme Pawel focuses on a Pastorale theme, through some evocative and descriptive pieces for solo harpsichord. We promise a restful and restorative time in a musical garden where you will hear happy hens searching for worms, imagine the delicate petals of the lily softly opening on a warm summer evening. It is all rather peaceful under the linden tree, even the lion decides to take a nap, but then Jupiter has some other ideas and puts on a show of thunder and lightning, reminding us that nature is a fantastic spectacle…

This is music from the Renaissance to the late Baroque, by English, French, German and Dutch composers, focusing on a favourite theme of the time: rural life, and nature, implicitly set against the more complex life of a court or a city (to which the artists belonged).

For us today (and especially for us Londoners) nature does still symbolise escape, rest and rejuvenation and we hope this concert brings you just that.

Played on a copy of an 18-the century instrument (based on the original in Villa Medici in Rome).

Reserve your ticket on-line for free, it helps us with planning, venue layout etc., but if you can’t schedule ahead, you’re welcome to just show up on the day!

Wonders of Nature poster, with a lion, hen and a harpschord, in a garden

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