Name: Tis Nature’s Voice The Musical Offering
Start: 2023-02-01T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2023-02-03T00:00:00.000Z
Location: The Apex

Organization

Admin

Conductor

Laurence Cummings

Instrumentalist

Harpsichord

Piano

Orchestra

Academy of Ancient Music

Tis Nature’s Voice The Musical Offering

London

United Kingdom

Barbican Centre

Milton Court Concert Hall

Cambridge

West Road Concert Hall

Bury St

The Apex

Tis Nature’s Voice: Concert Bach,JS

Public

Private

Gamba Sonata No. 1 in G major, BWV 1027 (arr. for 3 cellos)

Musikalisches Opfer, BWV 1079

Flute Concerto in G minor, BWV 1056

Approved

On 7 May 1747, Johann Sebastian Bach arrived at the court of King Frederick the Great of Prussia. The greatest musician of his age locked musical wits with a monarch who saw himself as a philosopher, and Bach responded with The Musical Offering – a collection of pieces designed to put the nature of music itself to the ultimate technical, intellectual and emotional test.

Dazzlingly imagined and endlessly rich, The Musical Offering has fascinated performers and scholars for centuries. Today, we unfold its secrets and explore its remarkable story, as Laurence Cummings and Academy of Ancient Music focus all their insight, energy and verve on one of music’s sublimest puzzles. Bach probes the nature of creativity, harmony and (of course) genius, in a masterwork that never grows old.

English

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Instrumentation

Ensemble