2007/08 Concert Season
8PM, Cabell Hall Auditorium, University of Virginia
| Apr 8, 2008 |
AKADEMIE FÜR ALTE MUSIK BERLIN |
Underwriter: Bank of America
Program
| Vivaldi | Concerto for strings g-minor |
| Erlebach | Ouvertüre |
| Graun | Concerto for Viola gamba |
| Marcello | Concerto for Oboe (with ornaments by J.S. Bach) |
| J.S. Bach | Cembalo Concerto in d-minor |
Artist Biography
In May of 2005, the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin made its US debut tour to critical acclaim and to sold-out audiences at New York’s Carnegie Hall, in Chicago, Boston, Washington DC, San Francisco, and Los Angeles, which resulted in immediate re-engagements.
It began as a courageous display of musical sovereignty against the East German socialist regime, and now, over twenty years later, The Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin enjoys the recognition as one of Europe’s greatest musical success stories. Brought to the limelight after the re-unification of East and West Germany in 1990, the ensemble has received numerous awards including the Cannes Festival Award, the French Diapason d’or, the Dutch Edison Award, the British Gramophone Award, The Telemann Prize, as well as a Grammy Award nomination in the US. The ensemble records exclusively for Harmonia Mundi, and, in addition to their sold-out series at the Berlin Konzerthaus, they appear regularly in the great concert houses of Europe: London’s Wigmore Hall, the Palais de Beaux Arts in Brussells, the Theatre des Champs-Elysees in Paris, the Zürich Tonhalle, and the Vienna Musikverein.