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West Road Concert Hall
11 West Road
Cambridge
Cambridgeshire
CB3 9DP
England
Tickets
Prices: From £20.50 (£5 under 35s – AAMplify)
Book Tickets
Programme
Johann Sebastian Bach – Harpsichord Concerto no.2 in E major, BWV 1053
Georg Philipp Telemann – Oboe Concerto, TWV 51:d1
George Frideric Handel – Trio Sonata in G major, HWV 399 (Op.5 no.4)
Wilhelmine von Bayreuth – Harpsichord Concerto
'Madame' Laschanzky – Oboe Concerto in B flat major
Bernardo Pasquini – Sonata no. 1 for two harpsichords in D major
Johann Sebastian Bach – Concerto for 2 Harpsichords in C minor, BWV 1062
Performers
Laurence Cummings – director / harpsichord
Alastair Ross – harpsichord
Programme Note
Harpsichordist Alastair Ross plays Bach, Handel, Laschanzky and their contemporaries – celebrating an instrument that liberated the baroque imagination.
In the baroque era, the harpsichord was the bleeding edge of music technology. It was an instrument of infinite possibilities, opening new vistas to professional composers and bringing music into the home - where previously unheard voices were emboldened to create and inspire.
For decades, Academy of Ancient Music’s harpsichordist Alastair Ross has lived and breathed this music and this world. Now he joins forces with Laurence Cummings to recreate a musical revolution. Bach weaves sublime visions, keyboard masters capture the sunlight, and brilliant noblewomen make themselves heard at last, writing music that sparkles with invention, fantasy and emotion. A celebration of an age, an instrument, and the alchemy that happens when keys and quills encounter imaginations without limits.
There will be a free pre-concert talk in the auditorium at 6.30pm.
