Transatlantic Classical Masters
Wednesday March 12
£20.50When Haydn travelled to London, his friend Mozart worried that it might be a journey too far. But the 18th century classical tradition didn’t end at the shores of Europe, and on the far side of the Atlantic, Mauricio Nunes Garcia was creating music of genius – and rising to become one of the brightest stars in Brazilian and Portuguese music.
It’s an astonishing story – especially when you consider the prejudice that the mixed-race Nunes Garcia must have faced in colonial society – but today he takes centre stage alongside Mozart’s ever-popular Clarinet Concerto. Inventive, arresting and frequently sublime, Nunes Garcia’s music makes a glorious complement to Mozart and Haydn, and AAM is performing it here for one of the first times in the modern era.
more about the Academy of Ancient Music
Academy of Ancient Music (AAM) is an orchestra with a worldwide reputation for excellence in baroque and classical music. Using historically-informed techniques, period-specific instruments and original sources, we bring music vividly to life in committed, vibrant performances.
Programme – Nunes Garcia – Overture in D major/ Nunes Garcia – Dilexisti justitiam/ Mozart – Clarinet Concerto in A major/ Nunes Garcia – Tantum ergo/ Mozart – Ave verum corpus/ Haydn – Divertimento in G major/ Nunes Garcia – Litany of the Sorrows of Our Lady
Performers – Katherine Spencer – clarinet/ Laurence Cummings – director & harpsichord
Box Office – Cambridge Live 01223 357851
From £20.50
For info go to https://www.westroad.org/whats-on/transatlantic-classical-masters-aam
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