Name: Looking Bach: Gala concert
Start: 2022-11-19T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2022-11-19T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Conway Hall

Organization

The Vache Baroque Festival

Piano

Libby Burgess

Harpsichord and melodica

David Gordon

Sound designer

Dan Samsa

Video designer

Noa Geras

Singer

Betty Makharinsky

Soprano

Jonathan Darbourne

Countertenor

Nick Pritchard

Tenor

Chris Webb

Bass

Chorus master

Suzzie Vango

Shivani Rattan

Oli Hayhurst

Double Bass

Karl Abel

Bass Guitar

Alice Manthorpe-Saunders

Cello

Tom Hooper

Drums

Orchestra

David Gordon Jazz Trio

Others

Vache Baroque Children’s Choir

Vache Baroque Residency Young Pianists

Vache Baroque Singers

Looking Bach: Gala concert

London

United Kingdom

Conway Hall

Looking Bach: Gala concert: Concert Bach,JS

Public

Concert

Approved

To finish 2022 with a celebration, we are putting on an event at Conway Hall in London showcasing two collections by J. S. Bach compiled around 300 years ago. The first, his ‘Well-Tempered Clavier’ Book 1, has rightly gone down in history as a benchmark for keyboard composition, exhibiting pieces in all possible keys; the second, a scrapbook-style collection or ‘playlist’ of pieces for keyboard and voices compiled in 1725 for, and most certainly with, his soprano wife Anna Magdalena.

Our main keyboardists will be Libby Burgess (piano) and David Gordon (harpsichord), who will be joined by professional singers, a jazz trio, an electronic sound artist, our Children’s Choir, and our young resident pianists. Short talks, explanations, and demonstrations will be given over the course of the performance and various installations and art pieces will be displayed in other rooms to bring Bach to life.

This will truly be an evening for everyone, where we will show our audience Bach’s genius and craft from some unexpected angles. After the performance, our jazz musicians will carry on the party so you can relax into some socialising over drinks, just like Bach and his family were experts at doing!

English

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast

Crew

Ensemble