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Württemberg Chamber Orchestra Heilbronn
08 - 10.11.2019
Time | (08.11) 7:30pm; (09 - 10.11) 5pm
Location | Prison Yard
Ticket | (08.11) $580, $380; (09 - 10.11) $480, $300
Programming Changes and Ticketing Arrangement
- the performance on 8 Nov (Fri) will start at 7:30pm as scheduled
- the performances on 9 Nov (Sat) and 10 Nov (Sun) will be rescheduled from 7:30pm to 5pm.
For ticket holders, please contact the Ticketflap ticketing email: contact@ticketflap.com (Mon-Fri, 10am-6pm) to change tickets to other performance dates (subject to availability) or to apply for a refund. Programme details: www.taikwun.hk/projektberlin/
For three nights in November, the Prison Yard becomes Hong Kong’s newest and most unusual concert venue for the performances by the renowned Württemberg Chamber Orchestra Heilbronn (WKO), one of Germany’s most established ensembles. The three programmes, though exploring vastly contrasting moments of Berlin’s history, all share their starting point in a fascinating historical event which took place in May 1747, when the elderly JS Bach was summoned to the palace of Frederick the Great of Prussia. Bach was invited to improvise on a meandering theme written by the King. He rose to the challenge immediately, and took the theme much further, putting the original theme through a series of musical metamorphoses, and finishing A Musical Offering, a gift for the King in the following weeks.
The three evenings feature renowned soloists alongside WKO, performing the most exquisite musical masterpieces by JS Bach, CPE Bach, Mendelssohn, R Strauss and more.
8.11.2019 | Joy, Despair and Redemption
| JS BACH | The Musical Offering, BWV 1079: Ricercar a 3 |
| JS BACH/REGER | O Mensch, bewein dein Sünde groß, BWV 622 |
| MENDELSSOHN | String Octet (string orchestra version) |
| – 20-minute interval – | |
| R STRAUSS | Metamorphosen |
| DVOŘÁK | Nocturne in B major, Op. 40 |
Conductor: Case Scaglione
Harpsichord: Irina Zahharenkova
Flute (off-stage): Anne Freitag
9.11.2019 | Evening in the Palace of Reason
| JS BACH/LENZEWSKI | The Musical Offering, BWV 1079: Ricercar a 6 (string orchestra version) |
| FREDERICK II | Flute Concerto No. 3 |
| JS BACH | The Musical Offering, BWV 1079: Canon a 2 Quaerendo invenietis |
| CPE BACH | String Symphony in B minor, H. 661 |
| – 20-minute interval – | |
| JS BACH | Brandenburg Concerto No. 3, BWV 1048 |
| CPE BACH | Cello Concerto in B-flat major, H. 436 |
Violin/Violoncello da spalla/Lead: Sergey Malov
Flute: Anne Freitag
Harpsichord: Irina Zahharenkova
10.11.2019 | Bach – Father and Son
| JS BACH | The Musical Offering, BWV 1079: Trio Sonata |
| CPE BACH | Cello Concerto in A major, H. 439 |
| – 20-minute interval – | |
| JS BACH | The Musical Offering, BWV 1079: Canon perpetuo and Fuga canonica |
| JS BACH | Violin Concerto in A minor, BWV 1041 |
| JS BACH | Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 |
Violin/Violoncello da spalla/Lead: Sergey Malov
Flute: Anne Freitag
Harpsichord: Irina Zahharenkova
Basso Continuo: Georg O
Württemberg Chamber Orchestra Heilbronn Masterclasses
Certain musicians of the orchestra will conduct closed-door masterclasses for music students in Hong Kong after the concerts. The classes will focus on the technique of early music playing and ensemble training.
11.11.2019│2 – 5pm│Hong Kong Baptist University
12.11.2019│3:30 – 6:30pm│The Chinese University of Hong Kong
