UPCOMING PERFORMANCES
Thüringer Bachwochen - One venue different stages
One venue different stages
In the afternoon, the diversity of the KONTOR can be discovered with musical stations. Music goes on tour through the whole building, from baroque to pop, musically coordinated by the Apollo-Kabinett ensemble. And in such a way that the rooms incorporate our creative neighbors, who are pleased to converse with visitors. Whether art studio, landscape architect or robotics lab - this is where those who discover and are curious can have a go.
Thüringer Bachwochen - Re:invention
A dazzling evening of Baroque music.
Apollo’s Cabinet are presenting an exciting and inventive programme, showcasing music dazzling from the Baroque, deconstructing it, reinterpreting it, and reassembling it with other works to create something new.
Composers like Handel, Bach, Telemann, and Quantz often were inspired by each other’s works and adopted melodies, bass lines, harmony, and texts for their own works in a similar or sometimes almost identical way. This continues to happen even today, as composers and artists take inspiration from the Baroque and rework it to be their own. re:invention highlights these links by not only showing similarities between music in the Baroque period but also pairing modern songs with their Baroque roots.
Malpas Village Hall- The Comic Muse
The Comic Muse: The Theatrical World of Kitty Clive
Apollo's Cabinet will mark the release of their new recording all about 18th century soprano Kitty Clive - a real celebrity of her time, but then defamed by male colleagues and long forgotten by historians - with a concert tour across the south of England and Cornwall. The programme will be semi-staged and features lots of English theatre music of the time as well as some of the arias she would have performed.
Ars Antiqua Austria- Charles Burney
Travels with Burney - A Baroque musical voyage
This programme is a Baroque musical voyage following Burney on his journey: a kaleidoscope of European Baroque music with compositions from each of the countries he visited, interspersed with readings of his original 18th century diary entries. The programme includes seldomly heard pieces by Austrian composer Johann Heinrich Schmelzer and Czech composer Frantisek Tuma, a new arrangement of the folk song "Kraut und Rüben" based on Dietrich Buxtehude's "La Capricciosa" and Bach’s Goldberg variation “Quodlibet”, music from one of Georg Philipp Telemann’s operas (yes, Telemann also wrote opera!) and a Cantata written by Charles Burney himself called "The despairing shepherd".
Ars Antiqua Austria- Charles Burney
Travels with Burney - A Baroque musical voyage
This programme is a Baroque musical voyage following Burney on his journey: a kaleidoscope of European Baroque music with compositions from each of the countries he visited, interspersed with readings of his original 18th century diary entries. The programme includes seldomly heard pieces by Austrian composer Johann Heinrich Schmelzer and Czech composer Frantisek Tuma, a new arrangement of the folk song "Kraut und Rüben" based on Dietrich Buxtehude's "La Capricciosa" and Bach’s Goldberg variation “Quodlibet”, music from one of Georg Philipp Telemann’s operas (yes, Telemann also wrote opera!) and a Cantata written by Charles Burney himself called "The despairing shepherd".
Hastings Stables Theatre - The Comic Muse
The Comic Muse: The Theatrical World of Kitty Clive
Apollo's Cabinet will mark the release of their new recording all about 18th century soprano Kitty Clive - a real celebrity of her time, but then defamed by male colleagues and long forgotten by historians - with a concert tour across the south of England and Cornwall. The programme will be semi-staged and features lots of English theatre music of the time as well as some of the arias she would have performed.
Garbialdi Hotel - The Cosmic Muse
The Comic Muse: The Theatrical World of Kitty Clive
Apollo's Cabinet will mark the release of their new recording all about 18th century soprano Kitty Clive - a real celebrity of her time, but then defamed by male colleagues and long forgotten by historians - with a concert tour across the south of England and Cornwall. The programme will be semi-staged and features lots of English theatre music of the time as well as some of the arias she would have performed.
Newbury Spring Festival - Charles Burney
Travels with Burney - A Baroque musical voyage
This programme is a Baroque musical voyage following Burney on his journey: a kaleidoscope of European Baroque music with compositions from each of the countries he visited, interspersed with readings of his original 18th century diary entries. The programme includes seldomly heard pieces by Austrian composer Johann Heinrich Schmelzer and Czech composer Frantisek Tuma, a new arrangement of the folk song "Kraut und Rüben" based on Dietrich Buxtehude's "La Capricciosa" and Bach’s Goldberg variation “Quodlibet”, music from one of Georg Philipp Telemann’s operas (yes, Telemann also wrote opera!) and a Cantata written by Charles Burney himself called "The despairing shepherd".
DAG van de Oude Muziek - Charles Burney
Travels with Burney - A Baroque musical voyage
This programme is a Baroque musical voyage following Burney on his journey: a kaleidoscope of European Baroque music with compositions from each of the countries he visited, interspersed with readings of his original 18th century diary entries. The programme includes seldomly heard pieces by Austrian composer Johann Heinrich Schmelzer and Czech composer Frantisek Tuma, a new arrangement of the folk song "Kraut und Rüben" based on Dietrich Buxtehude's "La Capricciosa" and Bach’s Goldberg variation “Quodlibet”, music from one of Georg Philipp Telemann’s operas (yes, Telemann also wrote opera!) and a Cantata written by Charles Burney himself called "The despairing shepherd".
Musikfestspiele Potsdam Sanssouci - Charles Burney
Travels with Burney - A Baroque musical voyage
This programme is a Baroque musical voyage following Burney on his journey: a kaleidoscope of European Baroque music with compositions from each of the countries he visited, interspersed with readings of his original 18th century diary entries. The programme includes seldomly heard pieces by Austrian composer Johann Heinrich Schmelzer and Czech composer Frantisek Tuma, a new arrangement of the folk song "Kraut und Rüben" based on Dietrich Buxtehude's "La Capricciosa" and Bach’s Goldberg variation “Quodlibet”, music from one of Georg Philipp Telemann’s operas (yes, Telemann also wrote opera!) and a Cantata written by Charles Burney himself called "The despairing shepherd".
Westfälisches Musikfestival - A birthday party for the king
Music at the court of Fredrick the Great
On 24 January 1758, Frederick the Second celebrated his 46th birthday – and we’re there! Johann Joachim Quantz leads through the celebrations as master of ceremonies and musicians from Frederick’s court orchestra, as well as Germany’s most gifted composers, perform. But music is not everything: there is dancing, laughter and games, as befits a celebration for a king.
Penlee Theatre- The Comic Muse
The Comic Muse: The Theatrical World of Kitty Clive
Apollo's Cabinet will mark the release of their new recording all about 18th century soprano Kitty Clive - a real celebrity of her time, but then defamed by male colleagues and long forgotten by historians - with a concert tour across the south of England and Cornwall. The programme will be semi-staged and features lots of English theatre music of the time as well as some of the arias she would have performed.
Davos Festival - Charles Burney
Travels with Burney - A Baroque musical voyage
This programme is a Baroque musical voyage following Burney on his journey: a kaleidoscope of European Baroque music with compositions from each of the countries he visited, interspersed with readings of his original 18th century diary entries. The programme includes seldomly heard pieces by Austrian composer Johann Heinrich Schmelzer and Czech composer Frantisek Tuma, a new arrangement of the folk song "Kraut und Rüben" based on Dietrich Buxtehude's "La Capricciosa" and Bach’s Goldberg variation “Quodlibet”, music from one of Georg Philipp Telemann’s operas (yes, Telemann also wrote opera!) and a Cantata written by Charles Burney himself called "The despairing shepherd".
Davos Festival - King Frederick’s Birthday party
Music at the court of Fredrick the Great
On 24 January 1758, Frederick the Second celebrated his 46th birthday – and we’re there! Johann Joachim Quantz leads through the celebrations as master of ceremonies and musicians from Frederick’s court orchestra, as well as Germany’s most gifted composers, perform. But music is not everything: there is dancing, laughter and games, as befits a celebration for a king.
Oban Music Society
A birthday party for the king
Berlin, 1758. It’s Frederick the Great’s birthday party, and Germany’s most gifted composers perform their latest works (some specially composed for the occasion), with musicians from Frederick’s court orchestra. The celebration concert is presided over by court composer and Master of Ceremonies, Johann Joachim Quantz.
Join Apollo’s Cabinet as they recreate this sparkling evening of music, dancing, laughter and games, as befits a celebration for a King.
Lakeside Arts - A birthday party for the king
Music at the court of Fredrick the Great
On 24 January 1758, Frederick the Second celebrated his 46th birthday – and we’re there! Johann Joachim Quantz leads through the celebrations as master of ceremonies and musicians from Frederick’s court orchestra, as well as Germany’s most gifted composers, perform. But music is not everything: there is dancing, laughter and games, as befits a celebration for a king.
Turner Sims Artistic Temperaments Festival - Re:Invention
A dazzling evening of Baroque music.
Apollo’s Cabinet are presenting an exciting and inventive programme, showcasing music dazzling from the Baroque, deconstructing it, reinterpreting it, and reassembling it with other works to create something new.
Composers like Handel, Bach, Telemann, and Quantz often were inspired by each other’s works and adopted melodies, bass lines, harmony, and texts for their own works in a similar or sometimes almost identical way. This continues to happen even today, as composers and artists take inspiration from the Baroque and rework it to be their own. re:invention highlights these links by not only showing similarities between music in the Baroque period but also pairing modern songs with their Baroque roots.
Rheinsberger Hofkapelle - A birthday party for the king
Music at the court of Fredrick the Great
On 24 January 1758, Frederick the Second celebrated his 46th birthday – and we’re there! Johann Joachim Quantz leads through the celebrations as master of ceremonies and musicians from Frederick’s court orchestra, as well as Germany’s most gifted composers, perform. But music is not everything: there is dancing, laughter and games, as befits a celebration for a king.
Cambridge Early Music: A Birthday Party for a King
Berlin, 1758. It’s Frederick the Great’s birthday party, and Germany’s most gifted composers perform their latest works, with musicians from Frederick’s court orchestra. The celebration concert is presided over by court composer and Master of Ceremonies, Johann Joachim Quantz.
Join Apollo’s Cabinet as they recreate this sparkling evening of music, dancing, laughter and games, as befits a celebration for a King.
AMIA Alsace, Musical Wanderlust
Tickets: https://www.amia-alsace.eu/
Les voyages de Charles Burney, l’aventure musicale.
Jusqu'en 1776, aucune histoire de la musique n'existait en anglais. Pour combler ce vide, Burney entreprit deux longs voyages en 1770 et 1772, en Italie, France, Allemagne, Bohême (Tchéquie), Autriche, Belgique et aux Pays-Bas. Il a effectué des recherches dans les bibliothèques et les archives, a rencontré des personnalités du monde musical, a assisté à des événements musicaux, et a ensuite publié des comptes rendus de ces deux voyages.
Vous serez emmenés dans un voyage musical baroque suivant Burney lors de ses périples : un kaléidoscope de musique baroque européenne avec des compositions de chacun des pays visités par Burney, ponctuées de lectures de ses entrées originales de journal du 18ème siècle et d'anecdotes de ses voyages.
AMIA Alsace, Musical Wanderlust
Tickets: https://www.amia-alsace.eu/
Les voyages de Charles Burney, l’aventure musicale.
Jusqu'en 1776, aucune histoire de la musique n'existait en anglais. Pour combler ce vide, Burney entreprit deux longs voyages en 1770 et 1772, en Italie, France, Allemagne, Bohême (Tchéquie), Autriche, Belgique et aux Pays-Bas. Il a effectué des recherches dans les bibliothèques et les archives, a rencontré des personnalités du monde musical, a assisté à des événements musicaux, et a ensuite publié des comptes rendus de ces deux voyages.
Vous serez emmenés dans un voyage musical baroque suivant Burney lors de ses périples : un kaléidoscope de musique baroque européenne avec des compositions de chacun des pays visités par Burney, ponctuées de lectures de ses entrées originales de journal du 18ème siècle et d'anecdotes de ses voyages.
Lane Theatre - Musical Wanderlust
Charles Burney, (born April 7, 1726, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, died April 12, 1814, Chelsea, Middlesex) was an organist, composer, and the foremost music historian of his time in England.
Until 1776, no history of music existed in the English language. To equip himself to fill the gap, Burney set off on two long journeys in 1770 and 1772, to Italy, France, Germany, Bohemia (Czechia), Austria, Belgium and the Netherlands. He researched in libraries and archives, spoke to personalities in the musical world (and even got invited to King Frederick the Great’s palace in Prussia), attended musical events, and subsequently published accounts of both tours.
You’ll be taken on a Baroque musical voyage following Burney on his journey: a kaleidoscope of European Baroque music with compositions from each of the countries Burney visited, interspersed with readings of his original 18th century diary entries and anecdotes from his travels.
London Handel Festival - re:invention
re:invention is an exciting and inventive programme, showcasing music dazzling from the Baroque, deconstructing it, reinterpreting it, and reassembling it with other works to create something new.
Composers like Handel, Bach, Telemann, and Quantz were often inspired by each other’s works and adopted melodies, bass lines, harmony, and texts for their own works in a similar or sometimes almost identical way. This continues to happen even today, as composers and artists take inspiration from the Baroque and rework it to be their own. re:invention highlights these links by not only showing similarities between music in the Baroque period but also by pairing modern songs with their Baroque roots.
Garbialdi Hotel - Baroque Dances & Drinking Songs
18th century drinking songs & dance music
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OudeMuziek Fabulous Fringe: A birthday party for the king
Music at the court of Frederick the Great
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Currently SOLD OUT
OudeMuziek Fabulous Fringe: A birthday party for the king
Music at the court of Frederick the Great
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Currently SOLD OUT
York Early music competition, Informal Recital
more info coming soon
https://yorkcomp.ncem.co.uk/
Wigmore Hall, Royal Over-Seas League
As ROSL Mixed Chamber Prize Winners, we will be performing a set of pieces from our winning programmes.
https://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/202406191930
Bachfest Leipzig: re:invention
Ein Programm, vom “wieder-er-finden”, das die Musik Bach’s von allen Seiten beleuchtet, neu interpretiert, auseinandernimmt und mit anderen Werken zu einem neuen großen Ganzen wieder zusammenfügt.
Schon im Barock haben sich Komponisten von anderen Werken inspirieren lassen und deren Melodien, Basslinien, Harmonien und Texte für eigene Werke in ähnlicher oder manchmal auch exakter Form übernommen.
Gerade auch bei Chorälen war dies oft der Fall: entweder behielten diese denselben Text während sich die Melodie oder Harmonie veränderte, oder die Melodie blieb gleich, während sich der Text veränderte. In re:invention werden diese Verbindungen in Bezug auf Bach’s Musik aufgedeckt, Ähnlichkeiten hervorgehoben und Alte Musik sogar mit Popsongs kombiniert, die sich klar von Bach’s Kompositionen inspirieren haben lassen.
more infos soon
Musikfestspiele Potsdam - Lunch concert
A birthday party for a king - Music at the court of Frederick the Great
On January 24, 1758, Frederick the Second celebrated his 46th birthday - and we’re there!
Johann Joachim Quantz leads through the celebrations as master of ceremonies and musicians from Frederick's court orchestra, as well as Germany's most gifted composers, perform. Wilhelm Friedemann Bach has even composed a birthday cantata especially for the occasion. But music is not everything: there is dancing, laughter and games, as befits a celebration for a king.
Bedford Park Festival - Musical Wanderlust
Charles Burney’s European travels
You’ll be taken on a Baroque musical voyage following Baroque musicologist Dr. Charles Burney on his journey: a kaleidoscope of European Baroque music with compositions from each of the countries Burney visited, interspersed with readings of his original 18th century diary entries and anecdotes from his travels.
Book your tickets here: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/booking/select/RdiEJKhzXNnT
CIMA Semifinals “Man and Nature”
This programme explores the splendour and ferocity of the four elements when driven to their extremes by mankind. Linked together through 18th century poetry, each element is represented in an evocative suite, combining different composers’ ideas on how to depict them musically. It captures the beauty of the planet we live on, but also how climate change affects and endangers it.
https://www.international-early-music-competition.com/?lang=en
Brighton Festival - Musical Wanderlust
Telemann, Schmelzer and Charles Burney
In the 1770s the pioneering musicologist Charles Burney embarked upon a musical grand tour of Europe, seeking out all the latest continental innovations.
In a new collaboration with Brighton Early Music Festival, BREMF Live! members Apollo’s Cabinet bring their signature mix of acting, dancing, poetry and silliness to bear on a kaleidoscopic recreation of Burney’s travels, with music from every country he visited, intercut with readings from his journals.
In Association with Brighton Early Music Festival
