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Viktoria Mullova and Richard Egarr

Academy of Ancient Music

,Milton Court Concert Hall
Viktoria Mullova sitting in window portrait

Her intelligence and artistry place Viktoria Mullova among the most exciting soloists of her generation, a violinist whose bold clarity of vision lets the music speak directly to the listener.

Here Mullova joins Richard Egarr and the Academy of Ancient Music for a concert that sets the sublime against the joyful in music by Haydn, JS and CPE Bach. The mercurial moods of CPE Bach’s Symphony in A major and the good-natured warmth and earthy wit of Haydn – heard here in his Symphony No 4 and his sparkling Violin Concerto in G major – stand in contrast to the transcendent, other-worldly beauty of Erbarme Dich from JS Bach’s St Matthew Passion, in which the purity of the countertenor voice is set in dialogue with its wordless spirit-double, the violin. Continuing the AAM’s ‘From her Pen’ series which champions the unjustly neglected music of the Baroque’s women composers the concert concludes with 'Sinfonia' from Pallade e Marte by the enigmatic Maria Margherita Grimani. 

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The performance is expected to finish around 9.30pm, including a 20 minute interval.

Programme

  • Grimani   Sinfonia from pallade e marte
  • C P E Bach   Symphony No 4 in A major, H660
  • J S Bach   Cantata 'Bekennen will ich seinen Namen', BWV200 JS
  •   Concerto for Violin No 1 in A minor, BWV1041
  •   'Erbarme Dich, mein Gott' from St Matthew Passion
  • Haydn   Symphony No.4 in D major, HobI:4
  •   'Fac me vere tecum flere' from Stabat Mater, HobXXa:1
  •   Concerto for Violin in G major, HobVIIa:4

Performers

  • Richard Egarr   director & harpsichord
  • Viktoria Mullova   violin
  • James Hall   countertenor

Pre-concert talk

There will be a pre-concert talk at 6.30pm, free to ticket-holders

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Milton Court Concert Hall

Location
Milton Court Concert Hall is located within the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and is approximately a 5 minute walk from the Barbican entrance on Silk Street.  

Address
Milton Court
Silk St, London
EC2Y 9BH

Nearby public transport
We are within walking distance from a number of London Underground stations, the closest being Barbican, Old Street, St Paul’s and Moorgate. The nearest train stations are Liverpool Street and Farringdon. Bus Route 153 runs directly past the Barbican along Chiswell Street

Car and bicycle parking
We have free bicycle spaces and paid car parking spaces available