'Bach comes to Leipzig, 1723'


All Saints Church, Tilford, 16-18 June, 2023

Artistic director, Adrian Butterfield


Concert 1

Friday, June 16, 2023, 7:30pm

Virtuoso concertos by Bach's contemporaries

London Handel Players

Adrian Butterfield (violin) directs a programme of virtuoso concertos by CPE Bach, Telemann, Handel and Vivaldi with Rachel Brown (flute), Silas Wollston (organ), Oliver Webber (violin) and Gavin Kibble (cello).


Programme

Telemann Concerto for viola and strings in G major TWV 51:G9
CPE Bach Flute Concerto in D minor H.425

Interval


Handel Organ Concerto in F major 'The Cuckoo and the Nightingale' HWV 295
Vivaldi Concerto for 2 violins Op.3 No.11 in D minor RV 565
Telemann Concerto in A major for flute, violin, cello and strings TWV 53: A2


Tickets are on sale on the Tickets and Donations page. Concert starts: 7:30pm - seating is unreserved


Concert 2

Saturday, June 17, 2023, 12 noon

Third choice

Royal College of Music Baroque Ensemble


This programme will feature the two composers, Telemann and Graupner, who both turned down an invitation to become Director of Music in Leipzig in 1723, paving the way for Bach to be offered the post as the third choice.


It includes concertos by both composers as well as Telemann’s Grillen Symphonie and Water Music and will be performed by students from the Royal College of Music.


Programme
Telemann Grillen Symphonie in G major TWV 50:1
Telemann Concerto in B minor for 2 flutes and bassoon, strings & bc TWV 53:h1
Graupner Concerto in C minor for bassoon, strings & bc GWV 307
Telemann Ouverture Suite in C major Hamburger Ebb' und Fluth TWV 55:C3


Tickets are on sale on the Tickets and Donations page. Concert starts at 12 noon - seating is unreserved.


Concert 3

Saturday, June 17, 2023, 6pm

Trios for two: Sonatas for obbligato harpsichord and violin

Silas Wollston, harpsichord
Adrian Butterfield, violin


Adrian Butterfield and Silas Wollston’s new recording of Bach's beautiful sonatas for obbligato harpsichord and violin has just been released by SOMM Records. Performed together with contemporary works by Leclair and Handel, this festival event promises to be an evening of exquisite chamber music.


Programme

J.S. Bach Sonata for Violin and Obbligato Harpsichord in B minor BWV 1014

Leclair Violin Sonata No.7 in A minor (Troisième livre)

Bach Sonata for Violin and Continuo in G major BWV 1021

Interval

Bach Sonata for Violin and Obbligato Harpsichord in E major BWV 1016

Handel Harpsichord Suite in F major HWV 427

Bach Sonata for Violin and Obbligato Harpsichord in G major BWV 1019


Tickets are on sale on the Tickets and Donations page. Concert starts at 6pm - seating is unreserved.


Concert 4

Sunday, June 18, 2023, 4pm

Bach Magnificat

London Handel Orchestra


Soloists:
Julia Doyle, soprano
Ruby Hughes, soprano
James Laing, alto
Ruairi Bowen, tenor
Edward Grint, bass


Adrian Butterfield, conductor


Bach composed cantatas every week in 1723 from his arrival in Leipzig at the end of May and Cantata 75, Die Elenden sollen essen, is one of his larger-scale examples. And at Christmas that year he composed his wonderful setting of the Magnificat which has become so deservedly popular.


Programme
J.S. Bach
Sinfonia to Cantata BWV 21 Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis
Cantata BWV 75 Die Elenden sollen essen
Interval
Magnificat in D major BWV 243


Tickets are on sale on the Tickets and Donations page. Concert starts at 4pm - seating is unreserved.


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