Handel's Treasures - Music in Dialogue
Works by G. P. Telemann, H. Purcell, M. Kirsten u. a.
Dance through the centuries – Ciaconna, Gigue, Minuet, Waltz, Tango
HalleBarock: Dietlind von Poblozki and Andreas Tränkner (baroque violins), Michael Clauß (baroque viola), Anne Well (baroque cello), Stefan Meißner (baroque double bass)
Discussion partner: Hagen Jahn (Handel House Foundation)
The special exhibit: Dance master violin, Germany, 18th century (Inv.No: MS-196)
Venue: Handel House, Chamber Music Salon
Organizer: Händelfestspielorchester Halle in cooperation with the Handel House Foundation
18,00 € / reduced 9,00 €
Programme:
Georg Philipp Telemann: Ouvertürensuite G-Dur »La Bizarre« TWV 55:G2
Henry Purcell: aus »The Fairy Queen«: Tänze
Michael Kirsten: Partie à tre - Zwei Tänze für Viola, Violoncello und Kontrabass
Jorge López Marín: »Noche de Tango«
Dance has always been one of the most fundamental forms of expression for human beings, across all eras and cultures. It can occur in a wide variety of contexts, ranging from ritual dances to ballroom dancing and culminating in highly artificial show dances. The musical accompaniment is as varied as the occasions for dancing themselves. Dances often form the foundation for their own art forms – for example, in the Baroque period in the chaconne with its variations on an ostinato (unchanging) dance theme in the bass, or in the instrumental suite, consisting of a whole series of dances. Several examples from this repertoire will be performed in the concert, whose musical bridge extends to the Argentine tango.
With a dance master's violin as a special exhibit, we commemorate a profession closely linked to dance: the dance master, who was responsible for teaching dance and etiquette. Many dance masters used a violin with a particularly narrow body in their lessons, which they took out of their coat pocket to play after teaching their dance steps. Such a curious instrument was also called a pocket violin or pochette, derived from its use.