| 22:00
Fire Water Storm Baroque!
Musical spectacles of nature with fireworks
Orangery Terraces Sanssouci / Address: Maulbeerallee, 14469 Potsdam
CONCERTO COPENHAGEN unleash baroque storms on Sanssouci's Orangery terraces and make the elements dance.
artists
Fredrik From, violin
Katy Bircher, transverse flute
CONCERTO COPENHAGEN
Harpsichord & Musical direction: Lars Ulrik Mortensen
Fireworks: Pyrofabrik
program
Jean-Féry Rebel (1666-1747)
Les Éléments
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
"La Tempesta di Mare" (The storm at sea)
Flute concerto op. 10 No. 1 in F major
Violin concerto op. 8 No. 5 in E flat major
Matthew Locke (1621-1677)
Incidental music from "The Tempest"
Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)
Ouverture in C major (Water Music)
"Hamburger Ebb' und Fluth" (Hamburg tides)
description
The baroque composers' joy of capturing nature in music has left us with an abundance of glorious music. When they let the elements rage they are fully in their element and turn fire, storm and sea surf into perfect musical shapes. Having just emanated from the greatest chaos in musical history the elements start dancing in proper French fashion with Jean-Féry Rebel. Vivaldi whips the soloists into a virtuosic highlight of not one but two storm at sea concertos and Telemann makes all kinds of sea gods appear in the waters of Hamburg. Original-sound specialists CONCERTO COPENHAGEN leave nothing to be desired with their entertaining program and musically elated fireworks magically illuminate the Orangery terraces at night.
