Ensemble Hesperi in collaboration with the Buskaid String Ensemble from Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa
St Mary's Church, Bathwick, Bath
19:30 - 21:30
£20
Organiser: Bath BoxOffice info@bathboxoffice.org.uk / 01225 463362
Baroque Bridges with the Buskaid Soweto String ensemble.
For this special collaborative project this August, Hesperi and Buskaid present a joyful programme of familiar favourites and lesser-known gems for strings, recorder and harpsichord, building musical bridges across time, borders and cultures.
The programme will include:
- a string arrangement of Johann Sebastian Bach’s motet Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied;
- two sparkling movements from Georg Philipp Telemann’s suite in A minor for recorder and strings;
- a string symphony by the French composer and performer of African descent, Joseph Bologne;
- a stunning trio sonata by George Fredrick Handel;
- and charming dances by British-African abolitionist and composer Ignatius Sancho;
- compelling rhythms and haunting melodies from Jean Philippe Rameau, one of the Buskaid musicians' favourite composers, and we celebrate both ensembles' affection for Henry Purcell with a selection of incidental music from his King Arthur and Faerie Queen.
The concert will end, as Buskaid concerts always do, with Kwela music, an improvised genre of street music with roots in traditional African township music and anti-apartheid protest songs, arranged and performed (with dance moves!) by members of the Buskaid ensemble.