Passacaglia perform music from the Prussian Court of Frederick the Great

Music from the Royal courts of Prussia for flute, viola da gamba and harpsichord.

Centred around the dramatic and touching works of CPE Bach, a composer who audaciously broke free of the conventions of earlier generations, our programme also includes contributions by three talented women – notably King Frederick’s cultivated sisters Wilhelmina von Bayreuth and Anna Amalia; and by Wilhelmina’s remarkable young Italian protégée, Anna Bon, fresh from training at the Ospedale della Pietà in Venice. Like Emanuel Bach, all of these highly respected women composed music for flute and harpsichord – adding depth to our understanding of the cultural achievements of this remarkable era.

• • • CPE Bach Sonata for Bass Recorder, Viola da Gamba and bc
    • Sonata in E minor for flute and bc
    • Variations on Les Folies d’Espagne Wq 118/9
    • JS Bach Ricercar a 3 from The Musical Offering BWV 1079
    • Frederick the Great, King of Prussia Sonata in C minor for Flute and bc
    • Wilhelmine von Bayreuth Sonata for Flute and bc in A minor
    • Anna Bon de Venezia Sonata for flute and bc in F major

Passacaglia is a UK-based professional ensemble specialising in music from the baroque era, played on recorders, flutes, violin, viola da gamba and harpsichord.

The group performs in several guises ranging from a duo format to a muti-instrument line up, performing music by some of the greatest composers of the eighteenth century including JS Bach, Handel, Rameau, Couperin, Telemann and Vivaldi – as well as introducing audiences to new discoveries!

Baroque Music Workshop

The concert will be preceded by a Baroque Music Workshop for players of all abilities led by Passacaglia. For full details see link below:

• Baroque Music Workshop

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With over 25 years of performing and recording experience, Passacaglia brings the music of the baroque era to life with a range of exciting, colourful and engaging programmes.

‘Wonderfully passionate and detailed playing’

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‘A performance of irrepressible joy’

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‘They have played together for many years now… and there is an effortlessness about the sound – no matter which combination of instruments is involved, there is never a sense of one striving to take the lead: rather the voices balance one another… finely crafted performances from a star line-up’

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