Beyond the Spanish Golden Age – 9 - 23 May 2020 – St John’s Smith Square Westminster Abbey Grosvenor Chapel St Anne & St Agnes Church – www.lfbm.org.uk – Richard Heason Artistic Director Contents Artistic Director, Richard Heason Saturday 9 May Bach – The 48 / Bach – The 48 4 Sunday 10 May Bach – The 48 / Bach – The 48 5 Monday 11 May When in Rome – when Handel met Corelli 6 © Amy Ryan Wednesday 13 May LFBM Academy 7 focus in the Festival, there is also a wealth of Thursday 14 May The Enlightened Violin: Music for the House of Alba 8 music from the wider Baroque repertoire. Friday 15 May A new addition to the Festival this year Madrid 1700 9 is the creation of our LFBM Academy. Tonos Humanos 10 Margaret Faultless will be leading a brand Saturday 16 May new project to bring the best young baroque The Spanish Guitar from 1500 to 1700 11 musicians together from around the world Juan Hidalgo: Music for the Planet King 12 for three intensive days of workshops and The London Festival of Baroque Music is rehearsals, culminating in our first LFBM Sunday 17 May the much anticipated and celebrated annual Academy concert on 13th May. Chiaroscuro, Lights and Shadows of Spanish Baroque 13 Handel – Ariodante 14 highlight of our Early Music programme at St John’s Smith Square. Once again, we Our goal is always to bring distinctive Monday 18 May look across Europe for our inspiration with programmes of the highest quality to the Duetti da Camera – Handel & his Contemporaries 16 a host of visiting artists and ensembles and Festival. We also aim to keep the Festival Tuesday 19 May this year we are particularly excited to be affordable and to offer a range of different Monteverdi – Vespers (1610) 18 exploring Spanish repertoire in depth. We ticket options. The income from ticket sales welcome back many old friends but, as has is not sufficient to cover the festival’s costs Wednesday 20 May become the hallmark of the LFBM, we are which is why the amazing support of our Perpetual Night 19 also proud to feature many fabulous artists Festival Friends is so crucial. Please consider Thursday 21 May making their UK debuts within the Festival. joining the Friends of the London Festival Breaking the Canon / A Musical Offering 20 of Baroque Music and help ensure we can This, the 37th London Festival of Baroque continue to offer the best of Baroque. Friday 22 May Music, shines a spotlight on Spain with Vivaldi – Gloria, RV589 21 Contented Rest 22 six concerts in the Festival devoted to I look forward to welcoming you to the sacred and secular Spanish Baroque music Festival as we explore our musical journey Saturday 23 May including repertoire from the Royal Court Beyond the Spanish Golden Age. Bach – Mass in B minor 23 alongside that of the theatres of Madrid Festival Friends 24 with solo and ensemble music, songs, dance Richard Heason and liturgy. Although Spain occupies a Artistic Director Venues 25 Booking information 26 ‘Beyond the Spanish Golden Age has been made possible through the generous support of the Cervantes Institute London, the National Centre for the Promotion of Music (CNDM) in Madrid as part of the Europa Project, the Spanish Institute for the Arts, Sciences and Music (INAEM), and the Embassy of Spain in London.’ 2 3 Saturday 9 May Sunday 10 May St John’s Smith Square St John’s Smith Square 3.00pm 3.00pm Bach – The 48 Bach – The 48 Steven Devine harpsichord Steven Devine harpsichord – – Johann Sebastian Bach Johann Sebastian Bach The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1 Part 1 The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2 Part 1 St John’s Smith Square St John’s Smith Square 7.30pm 7.30pm Bach – The 48 Bach – The 48 Steven Devine harpsichord Steven Devine harpsichord – – Johann Sebastian Bach Johann Sebastian Bach The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1 Part 2 The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2 Part 2 The Well-Tempered Clavier is a collection of forty- eight Preludes and Fugues in two parts – each part containing a pair of pieces in every key. Often described as a pinnacle of Western Art and one of the greatest collections of keyboard music in the repertoire, these pieces have been studied, practiced, performed and revered by musicians since they were written in the first half of the eighteenth century. Award winning harpsichordist Steven Devine offers us a rare chance to hear the complete collection over four concerts. He has recorded the work for Resonus – Book 1 was released last year and Book 2 is due for release early in 2020. stevendevine.com Tickets £15 for each concert OR £40 for the complete cycle of four concerts (reserved seating) Steven Devine © Xara Photo 4 5 Monday 11 May Wednesday 13 May Grosvenor Chapel The Brook Street Band presents When in Rome, the St John’s Smith Square 7.30pm story of Corelli and Handel, highly revered baroque 7.30pm chamber music masters connected in Rome through the illustrious Arcadian Academy. Handel first encountered When in Rome – Corelli in Rome in 1707, the old Italian maestro revered LFBM Academy when Handel met Corelli and respected, the young German eager to learn, make contacts and finesse his skills. Stories abound about these LFBM Academy two men; violinistic fireworks and tempers flying, Handel Margaret Faultless director The Brook Street Band was determined to learn from the ‘godfather’ of Italian – – string writing, infusing Corelli’s style with Handelian passion, creating his own unique voice. ‘When in Rome’ Johann Sebastian Bach Orchestral Arcangelo Corelli Trio Sonata in presents the best of Corelli and Handel’s trio sonatas for Suite No. 1 in C major, BWV1066 Bb major, Op. 1 No. 5 two violins and continuo, illuminating the fire and fervour George Frideric Handel Concerto George Frideric Handel Trio Sonata that drove these two men. Grosso in G major, Op. 6 No. 1 in G minor, Op. 5 No. 5 brookstreetband.co.uk Georg Philipp Telemann Ouverture- Suite in C major, TWV55:C3 Arcangelo Corelli Trio Sonata in ‘Hamburger Ebb und Fluth’ G minor, Op. 4 No. 2 Wassermusik George Frideric Handel Trio Sonata Tickets £15 - unreserved in Bb major Op. 2 No. 3 The LFBM Academy is a new initiative for 2020 and brings together Arcangelo Corelli Trio Sonata in outstanding young professionals from G major, Op. 2 No. 12 across the globe to form a baroque George Frideric Handel Violin Sonata orchestra trained by Margaret in G major, HWV358 Faultless. The 2020 LFBM Academy will feature musicians from Colombia, Arcangelo Corelli Trio Sonata in Costa Rica, Ecuador, Germany, D minor, Op. 3 No. 5 Greece, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, George Frideric Handel Trio Sonata Poland, Spain and the UK. in F major, HWV392 lfbm.org.uk Tickets £15 - unreserved Margaret Faultless The Brook Street Band © Dan Bridge 6 7 Thursday 14 May Friday 15 May St John’s Smith Square Violinist Daniel Pinteño, with his ensemble Concerto St John’s Smith Square …To the theatres of Madrid 7.30pm 1700, present a programme of music by composers 7.15pm Giacomo Facco ‘Quéserá, cielos, de mí’, aria from who worked in Madrid in the 18th century. Works “Las amazonas de España” by members of the Royal Chapel, such as José de José de Nebra ‘No mi rigor’ and ‘Confuso, turbado’, The enlightened violin: Herrando and Juan de Ledesma, are performed Madrid 1700 Recitative and Aria from “Viento es la dicha de amor” Music for the House of Alba alongside three great European masters, Scarlatti, José de Nebra ‘Sopla hacia allí’, Aria from “Amor Soler and Boccherini. Concerto 1700 have been L’Apothéose aumenta el valor” finalists as Best Young Group in the GEMA 2015 and Lucía Caihuela soprano José de Nebra ‘Ciegue, clame y suspire’ and ‘¿Quién Concerto 1700 2016 Awards, being awarded with the FestClassical – fio de un mar sereno?’, Recitative and Aria from Daniel Pinteño violin Circuits 2017 Award in the category Early Music. “Vendado es Amor, no es ciego” – They have performed with great public and critical Vicente Basset Overture to “piu stromenti” success in the most important Spanish festivals such Sacred and secular Spanish Baroque as the Quincena Musical de San Sebastián, Festival music. From the Royal Chapel to the L’Apothéose start their programme with music from Sonatas for violin by José de theatres of Madrid. Herrando and Domenico Scarlatti. Internacional de Santander, Otoño Musical Soriano, the Royal Chapel of Madrid. Soprano Lucía Caihuela Festival de Música Española de Cádiz, Festival de will perform a sacred motet by Francesco Corselli Música Antigua de Aranjuez, Festival de Música From the Royal Chapel… alongside cantatas by Corselli and Iribarren, the Domenico Scarlatti Sonata for violin Francisco Corselli A ti, invisible ruiseñor and basso continuo in E minor, K81 Antigua de Sevilla, among others. chapel master of the cathedral of Malaga. In the canoro. Cantada de Reyes second part of the concert, L’Apothéose jump to the Domenico Scarlatti Fandango for Francisco Corselli Regina caeli laetare keyboard concerto1700.com world of Madrid theatres, bringing arias from two José de San Juan Sinfonía del Oratorio a of the most highly respected composers of Bourbon Domenico Scarlatti Sonata for violin santa María Magdalena and basso continuo in D minor, K90 Madrid, Giacomo Facco and José de Nebra. Tickets £18 - unreserved Juan Francés de Iribarren Respira sin Juan de Ledesma Sinfonía in Eb temor. Cantada a la Purísima Concepción Antonio Lolli Sonata II for violin and lapotheoseensemble.com basso continuo, Op. 1 José de Herrando Toccata V José de Herrando Toccata IIII Tickets £18 - unreserved José de Herrando Toccata II Antonio Soler Sonata for keyboard, R49 Luigi Boccherini Cello Sonata in G major, G5 Concerto 1700 © Antocha Bella L’Apothéose © Antocha Bella 8 9 Friday 15 May Saturday 16 May St John’s Smith Square Grosvenor Chapel The renowned authority on historical stringed 9.45pm 3.00pm instruments, José Miguel Moreno from Madrid, explores two centuries of Spanish music.