The Great Concerts series of the FEMUSC International Festival this Tuesday, January 25, at 8:30 pm, presented a special about Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), which is now available on the festival’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/institutofemusc
The show started with the concert for two carnations presented by Fernando Cordella, one of the main harpsichords of his generation – recognized as the best in Latin America – and by Béatrice Martin, who played at the opening of the new Filarmonie in Paris.
Among the highlights were also the concerts of Brandenburg nº 4 and nº 5. Considered as exponents of the music of the Baroque period, the concerts of Brandenburg are a collection of six pieces commissioned by Cristóvão Ludovico de Brandenburg-Schwedt and composed by Johann Sebastian Bach. Cristóvão, a music collector, requested the work after hearing Bach playing on the property of a rival prince.
In the series Recitais de Câmara, which takes place daily at 6:30 pm, the students of the old music course also paid tribute to Bach with Suite 3: Courante and Gigue and “Hochster, Was Ich Habe”, by Cantata BWV39.
about bach
Born into a family with a long musical tradition, the Baroque composer, organist, violinist and harpsichordist from an early age showed talent and soon became a complete musician. Bach composed more than 1,100 plays, including oratories, concerts, tocatas, cantatas, passions, all of them sacred songs. His ability to the organ and the harpsichord was widely recognized as he lived and became legendary, being considered the greatest virtuoso of his time.
mpb
Zanzibar, by Edu Lobo, music from the 1970s, opened the MPB show at the FEMUSC International Festival on Tuesday night. The presentation was attended by 11 students of instruments such as piano, drums, flute, guitar, saxophone, among others. The program also featured “Chove Chuva” by Jorge Benjor, “Beira Mar” and “Maracangalha” by Dorival Caymmi, “Egg” by Hermeto Paschoal, “Moranna Tropicana” by Alceu Valença and “Brave New World” by Zé Ramalho, who raised the audience.
In honor of Tom Jobim, who this Tuesday (25) would turn 95, the group of Brazilian popular music teachers took the stage and ended the show with the bossa Nova “Água de Beber”, by the carioca conductor who died in 1994.
