Bach. Mozart

Every concert of classical music represents a certain clash of past and present. In the dramaturgy of the second subscription concert, however, the combination of the old and the new is even more consistent. We will move to German-speaking countries that have shaped the musical culture of Europe just like France.

The focus of the program is the music by Bach and Mozart, composers whose opuses are considered pillars of classical music. We will hear the geniuses of Bach and Mozart “in the original” in musical genres quite characteristic of the time in which they lived.

Bach’s Orchestral Suite No. 3 is generally known mainly for Air, its only movement which is not a dance. Mozart’s jubilant Symphony No. 34 in C major came into being at the end of one period of the composer’s life – it is the last symphony he wrote in Salzburg. Other compositions in the program prove that the works of Bach and Mozart have been and still are an inspiration for younger creators. The orchestration of four preludes and fugues from Bach’s iconic Well-Tempered Clavier was created in 1969 as the very last work by the equally iconic Igor Stravinsky.

A curious piece in the program is the arrangement of Mozart’s Fantasia in F minor, which was commissioned for a musical clock, a popular mechanical toy in its time. It was transformed into an orchestral form by Harry Bicket, a renowned specialist in the music of Baroque and Classicism, who will also take up the baton tonight.