Details
National Centre for Early Music
St Margaret's Church
Walmgate
York
YO1 9TL
England
Programme
Antonio Bertali – Sonata à 6 in D minor, IAB 6
Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber – Battalia à 10
Johann Joseph Fux – Overture in D minor, K.deest
Johann Heinrich Schmelzer – Sonata IV a 6 from Sacro-profanus concentus musicus fidium aliorumque instrumentorum
Performers
Lucy Russell – Director
Rachel Gray – Director
University Baroque Ensemble
Other concerts in this Series (+)
Programme Note
Ah! Vienna – Vienna Before Mozart
Vienna is best known for the composers of the Classical period, but the city had a rich musical history stretching back to the seventeenth century. University of York Baroque Ensemble explores instrumental music by composers associated with Vienna and the Habsburg Court, from the seventeenth to eighteenth centuries, a time during which the Hofkapelle more than doubled in size and highly regarded Central-European and Italian composers came to work at the court.
Baroque+ Day: Ah, Vienna!
Mozart wrote to his father in 1781 that Vienna was ‘the best place in the world’ to be a musician. This year’s Baroque+ Day takes a long view of musical life in the city in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, featuring historical performance staff and students from the University of York.
