Name: ’Tis nature’s voice | Scherzi musicali
Start: 2023-04-20T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2023-04-21T00:00:00.000Z
Location: West Road Concert Hall

Organization

Admin

Conductor

Bojan Čičić

Violinist

Violin

Instrumentalist

Orchestra

Academy of Ancient Music

’Tis nature’s voice | Scherzi musicali

London

United Kingdom

Barbican Centre

Milton Court Concert Hall

Cambridge

West Road Concert Hall

’Tis nature’s voice | Scherzi musicali: Concert Various

Public

Private

Capriccio Stravagante

6 Violin Sonatas

Ludi Musici

Balletto à 4 ‘Fechtschule’

Mensa sonora

Polish Bagpipes (Polnische Sackpfeiffen à 3), for 2 violins & continuo in G major

Battalia à 10

Approved

Bass

Pianist

Cellist

Violist

Flutist

Clarinetist

Guitarist

Organist

Percussionist

hornist

Oboist

Bassoonist

Trumpeter

Contrabassist

Trombonist

Harper

Saxophonist

Harpsichordist

Accordionist

Bassist

Tuba Player

Recorder Player

Lutenist

Tenor Violinist

Timpani

Mandoline Player

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Violino Piccolo Player

Viola da gamba

Musette de cour Player

Viola Pomposa Player

Archlutenist

Vibraphonist

Cornettist

Viola d’amore Player

Theorbist

Composer

Stage director

Librettist

Set designer

Costume designer

Choreographer

Lighting designer

Dancer

Actor

Chorus master

Video designer

Dramaturge

Translator

Sound designer

Repetiteur

Makeup artist

Executive producer

Hairstylist

Other

Stage Manager

Choir

Poet

Vocal coach

Teacher

Photographer

Broadcasting

Writer

Writing and performance

Chorus Director

Wig & Makeup Designer

Orchestra Operations

Illustrator

Extra

Tenor

Singer

Baritone

Bass-baritone

Countertenor

Soprano

Mezzo-soprano

Contralto

Spoken

Child vocalist

Silent

Alto

Continuo

Expect the unexpected, as Bojan Čičić opens the baroque era’s musical jokebook for an evening of novelties, parodies and flights of fancy by Biber, Schmelzer and their contemporaries.

Humanity is part of nature too – and never more so than when we’re transforming the world around us into music. For composers like Biber, Schmelzer, Farina and Scheidt, there was nothing that wasn’t musical: a fencing school, a busy street, a city bell-tower or the chaos and clamour of battle.

You’ll hear them all in this flamboyant sonic extravaganza from six baroque masters letting their imaginations run off the leash. Expect bagpipes and bullets, pealing bells and rollicking dance tunes – plus a bunch of violins that think they’re harps. They’re painted from life by Bojan Čičić and Academy of Ancient Music – performers who know that the baroque era was at its best when it had a smile on its face.

A free pre-concert talk will take place at 6.30pm in the auditorium on both performance days.

English

’Tis nature’s voice | Scherzi musicali by Farina, Von Westhoff, Scheidt, Schmelzer, J. H., Biber, From (2023/2023), Conductor Bojan Čičić, West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Ensemble

Programme, About & Synopsis

Photos

Further reading

Performance Dates & Venues

Venues