Johann Sebastian Bach, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Barokní energie Johanna Sebastiana Bacha a hravá elegance mladého Wolfganga Amadea Mozarta rozezní Vřídelní kolonádu. Dva velikáni klasické hudby se představí prostřednictvím svých houslových koncertů – Bachova koncertu a moll a Mozartova koncertu D dur, který skladatel napsal v pouhých devatenácti letech. Program doplní slavné Bachovo Air, jehož podmanivá melodie si našla cestu i do světa filmu a populární hudby. Sólových partů se ujme koncertní mistr České filharmonie Jan Fišer, který zároveň povede komorní orchestr složený z hráčů České filharmonie a Karlovarského symfonického orchestru.
Program:
Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto in A Minor for Violin, String Orchestra, and Basso Continuo, BWV 1041
no tempo indication
Andante
Allegro assai
Johann Sebastian Bach: Air from Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 2 in D Major, K 211
Allegro moderato
Andante
Rondeau. Allegro
Performed by:
Chamber ensemble of the Czech Philharmonic
Jan Fišer - artistic director, solo violinist
About program
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750) is known today primarily as a composer and organist, but he was also an excellent violinist. His son Carl Philipp Emanuel later recalled that his father played the violin with a “clear and penetrating tone” well into old age. The Violin Concerto in A minor was most likely composed around 1730 in Leipzig for the Collegium Musicum, an association of students and musicians led by Bach that performed at the Café Zimmermann. Bach liked the concerto so much that he later arranged it for harpsichord as well. The Air from his Orchestral Suite No. 3 is one of best known melodies in the world. It only acquired its famous nickname, “Air on the G String,” in 1871, when the violinist August Wilhelmj arranged it so that a soloist could play it on only the lowest string. Since that time, Bach’s melody has appeared in numerous films, advertisements, and even pop songs.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791) served as concertmaster of the Salzburg court orchestra from the age of sixteen, and he wrote all five of his violin concertos between the ages of seventeen and nineteen. He completed the Concerto in D Major in June 1775 as the first of four violin concertos written over the course of just one year. This fresh, elegant piece culminates in a rondo set to the rhythm of a minuet. Mozart’s father Leopold later wrote him: “You have no idea yourself how well you play the violin, when you choose to play with energy, heart, and spirit.”
Jan Fišer and a chamber orchestra composed of members of the Czech Philharmonic and the Karlovy Vary Symphony Orchestra
Jan Fišer, concertmaster of the Czech Philharmonic, comes from a family of violinists: His father is a respected violin teacher, and his younger brother Jakub is the first violinist of the Bennewitz Quartet. After studying at the Prague Conservatory, he graduated from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh in 2003. Upon his return to the Czech Republic, he won an audition for concertmaster of the Prague Philharmonia, where he served for sixteen years before taking the same position at the Czech Philharmonic. He is also the artistic director of the Czech Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra. Fišer has performed as guest concertmaster with the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra and the BBC Symphony Orchestra, among others.
The string chamber orchestra that Jan Fišer is conducting at this concert is made up of musicians from the Czech Philharmonic and the Karlovy Vary Symphony Orchestra. Its members are united by a shared musicality, an eye for detail, and a sense of joy from playing together that transcends the two orchestras. The chamber format brings to the fore the precision and mutual inspiration that lend the ensemble’s performances a sense of freshness and natural flowing.
Jan Fišer, concertmaster of the Czech Philharmonic, comes from a family of violinists: His father is a respected violin teacher, and his younger brother Jakub is the first violinist of the Bennewitz Quartet. After studying at the Prague Conservatory, he graduated from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh in 2003. Upon his return to the Czech Republic, he won an audition for concertmaster of the Prague Philharmonia, where he served for sixteen years before taking the same position at the Czech Philharmonic. He is also the artistic director of the Czech Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra. Fišer has performed as guest concertmaster with the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra and the BBC Symphony Orchestra, among others.
The string chamber orchestra that Jan Fišer is conducting at this concert is made up of musicians from the Czech Philharmonic and the Karlovy Vary Symphony Orchestra. Its members are united by a shared musicality, an eye for detail, and a sense of joy from playing together that transcends the two orchestras. The chamber format brings to the fore the precision and mutual inspiration that lend the ensemble’s performances a sense of freshness and natural flowing.
Jan Fišer, concertmaster of the Czech Philharmonic, comes from a family of violinists: His father is a respected violin teacher, and his younger brother Jakub is the first violinist of the Bennewitz Quartet. After studying at the Prague Conservatory, he graduated from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh in 2003. Upon his return to the Czech Republic, he won an audition for concertmaster of the Prague Philharmonia, where he served for sixteen years before taking the same position at the Czech Philharmonic. He is also the artistic director of the Czech Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra. Fišer has performed as guest concertmaster with the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra and the BBC Symphony Orchestra, among others.
The string chamber orchestra that Jan Fišer is conducting at this concert is made up of musicians from the Czech Philharmonic and the Karlovy Vary Symphony Orchestra. Its members are united by a shared musicality, an eye for detail, and a sense of joy from playing together that transcends the two orchestras. The chamber format brings to the fore the precision and mutual inspiration that lend the ensemble’s performances a sense of freshness and natural flowing.