When
Friday September 21, 2012 at 19:30
Where
Wigmore Hall,
London
Tickets
£32, £28, £24, £18, £3 (students & under 26s registered via aam.co.uk/AAMplify)
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Suites, from Banchetto Musicale
- Johann Hermann Schein
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Taffel Consort
- Thomas Simpson
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Mensa Sonora in A minor
- Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber
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Tafelmusik (Musique de Table) Part II
- Georg Philipp Telemann
Schein’s Banchetto Musicale (‘Musical banquet’) inspired a wealth of meal-time entertainment across Europe. Freed from the stylistic confines of the church and the private chamber, a whole new musical genre arose.
This trend took Europe by storm, encompassing an astonishing variety of styles and nationalities. Thomas Simpson, Kent-born but employed in Heidelberg, wrote quirky ‘string quartets’, whilst Biber’s Bohemian roots blended with Italian influences in his dance music.
Telemann’s lavish suites mark the genre’s zenith, combining quartet, concerto and sonata forms in three colourful sets whose musical invention is often compared to JS Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos. Shortly after Telemann penned these masterpieces, the idea of mealtime entertainment fell out of fashion. The form might have been short-lived, but the variety and freshness of the music remains as enthralling as ever.
Free pre-concert discussion with Richard Egarr at 6.30pm
Venue
Wigmore Hall
36 Wigmore Street
London
London
W1U 2BP
England
@wigmore_hall
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