Academy of St Martin in the Fields & Tomo Keller – Festival de Colmar
12 July 2023
Colmar
Past Event
This event has now passed. For upcoming events, please click the link below:
What’s OnA programme bringing together two aesthetic and musical universes two hundred years apart: J.S. Bach (the sublime Violin Concerto in A minor, with Academy Director Tomo Keller as soloist), seen as a historical model against which all musicians lay the foundations of their own language.
Britten and Tippett, two of the most brilliant representatives of twentieth-century British music, are represented in works that are typically ‘neo-classical’: in his famous Simple Symphony (1934), Britten has fun imitating classical Viennese models while Tippett’s Fantasia Concertante is a marvellous homage to Corelli for the 300th anniversary of his birth (1953).
These three pieces are paired with Walton’s Sonata for Strings (1971), a work which has a special connection to the orchestra having been adapted from his String Quartet in A minor at the request of our founder Sir Neville Marriner.
Tippett Fantasia Concertante on a Theme of Corelli (Omaggio a Italia)
Britten Simple Symphony Op.4
Bach Violin Concerto No.1 in A minor, BWV 1041
Walton Sonata for Strings
Don’t miss a beat
Receive the latest Academy news, events and offers direct to your email
Keep up to date with upcoming events, opportunities to take part, news and more.
Sign up to our mailing list