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Concert Spirituel presents J.S. Bach's Goldberg Variations and Musical Offering
Concert Spirituel presents two monumental works by Johann Sebastian Bach as part of Concert Spirituel's seven 2010-2011 performances of period instrument chamber music. In the Northwest since 1982!
J.S. Bach's Musical Offering (complete)
Linda Tsatsanis ~ soprano
Jeffrey Cohan ~ baroque flute
Lisa Lewis ~ harpsichord
* * * Friday, April 1 at 7:30 PM: J.S. Bach's Goldberg Variations
Hans-Jürgen Schnoor ~ harpsichord
Christ Episcopal Church
4548 Brooklyn Ave. NE in Seattle's University District
(206) 633-1611
~ suggested donation/free-will offering: $15 and $20
~ 18 and under free ~
Hans-Jürgen Schnoor, from Lübeck, Germany, has performed the Goldberg Variations over 100 times.
THE WASHINGTON POST
"Hans-Juergen Schnoor" (headline)
"German harpsichordist Hans-Juergen Schnoor gave a stunning account of Bach's monumental "Goldberg Variations" at St. Mark's Episcopal Church on Sunday. The heavily attended concert -- Schnoor's 98th performance of the variations -- was the second installment of the Capitol Hill Chamber Music Festival.
Bach's 30 variations, linked by the bass theme of an opening aria, unwind in a chain of almost unimaginable complexity and brutal technical challenges. Schnoor met all of that head-on with finely articulated flights. His deliberate approach was tempered by an expressive freedom illuminating the music's subjective beauty. Schnoor paid full attention to Bach's driving rhythmic impulse, the anchor for his inscrutable architectural logic. As Schnoor hurtled through Bach's contrapuntal labyrinth, the harpsichordist absorbed the audience in the rising emotional tension, culminating in a final burst of keyboard fireworks.
-- Cecelia Porter
* * * Friday, April 15 at 7:30 PM: J.S. Bach's Musical Offering
Ingrid Matthews ~ violin
Jeffrey Cohan ~ baroque flute
Hans-Jürgen Schnoor ~ harpsichord
Christ Episcopal Church
4548 Brooklyn Ave. NE in Seattle's University District
(206) 633-1611
~ suggested donation/free-will offering: $15 and $20
~ 18 and under free ~
One of the greatest works of chamber music of any era, the complex and beautiful Musical Offering was written by Johann Sebastian Bach on a theme provided by King Frederick II "The Great" of Prussia, and will be performed in its entirety in addition to sonatas and other works by J.S. Bach for flute, violin and harpsichord.
Please see www.concertspirituel.org for additional Concert Spirituel 2010-2011 performances of the Musical Offering in Bellingham and Tacoma and on Vashon, Lopez, San Juan and Orcas islands.
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LocationChrist Episcopal Church
4548 Brooklyn Avenue NE
Seattle, WA 98105
United States
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