OAE play Vivaldi's Four Seasons: Wren Tercentenary Festival at St Stephen Walbrook at St Stephen Walbrook Church, London on Friday 21st April 2023

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OAE play Vivaldi's Four Seasons

Wren Tercentenary Festival at St Stephen Walbrook

Add to my Calendar 21-04-2023 19:30 21-04-2023 21:30 36 OAE play Vivaldi's Four Seasons The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and St Stephen Walbrook join forces to present a three-part festival of music commemorating the church’s architect, Sir Christopher Wren. The festival offers a snapshot of musical life at the point of Wren’s death, three hundred years ago in 1723. This was the year of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons and the year Bach was appointed cantor in Leipzig; it was also a time of rebirth for London following outbreaks of bubonic plague and the Great Fire, with Henry Purcell at its forefront. On Friday 21 April, Kati Debretzeni, one of the OAE’s leaders. is the soloist in Vivaldi’s Four Seasons. The Guardian writes of her, ‘Debretzeni’s joyful, spirited playing, precise but free, gives endless pleasure.’ Vivaldi’s cycle of four violin concertos, each depicting a season with visceral energy, is believed to have been completed in 1723, the year of Sir Christopher Wren’s death. St Stephen Walbrook was the first church exclusively designed by Sir Christopher Wren of the 52 that were built by him following the Great Fire of London in 1666. Its design became the blueprint for the great dome of St Paul's Cathedral, completed three decades later. Key to the major restoration of the church completed in 1987 is Henry Moore's marble altar placed centrally under the Dome. St Stephen Walbrook Church, London DD/MM/YYYY

Details

St Stephen Walbrook Church
39 Walbrook
City of London
London
EC4N 8BN
England

Friday 21st April 2023
7:30 PM

Programme

Antonio Vivaldi – The Four Seasons

Performers

Kati Debretzeni – baroque violin

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

Programme Note

The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and St Stephen Walbrook join forces to present a three-part festival of music commemorating the church’s architect, Sir Christopher Wren.

The festival offers a snapshot of musical life at the point of Wren’s death, three hundred years ago in 1723. This was the year of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons and the year Bach was appointed cantor in Leipzig; it was also a time of rebirth for London following outbreaks of bubonic plague and the Great Fire, with Henry Purcell at its forefront.

On Friday 21 April, Kati Debretzeni, one of the OAE’s leaders. is the soloist in Vivaldi’s Four Seasons. The Guardian writes of her, ‘Debretzeni’s joyful, spirited playing, precise but free, gives endless pleasure.’ Vivaldi’s cycle of four violin concertos, each depicting a season with visceral energy, is believed to have been completed in 1723, the year of Sir Christopher Wren’s death.

St Stephen Walbrook was the first church exclusively designed by Sir Christopher Wren of the 52 that were built by him following the Great Fire of London in 1666. Its design became the blueprint for the great dome of St Paul's Cathedral, completed three decades later. Key to the major restoration of the church completed in 1987 is Henry Moore's marble altar placed centrally under the Dome.

OAE play Vivaldi's Four Seasons for the Wren Tercentenary Festival

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