Concerto Armonico Budapest A Zeneakadémia saját szervezésű programja

“Festive Concert at the Court of Frederick the Great” is the title of the second concert in the C. P. E. Bach weekend organized by the Liszt Academy Concert Centre, featuring Concerto Armonico under the artistic directorship of Miklós Spányi. The programme includes three concertos, one for violin, one for harpsichord and one for flute, by three seminal 18th century composers of the so-called ‘Berlin school’. The Czech Franz Benda, one of the most significant violinists of the period, was taken on to the court of the Prussian king at the age of 24, where he worked until his death. In 1735, Christian Friedrich Schale was appointed court musician in Berlin (as cellist and chamber musician), but he was also a talented keyboard player and gained a post as organist in Berlin Cathedral. C. P. E. Bach stood out, or at least it appears so today, from the magnificently rich music life of the court of Frederick the Great, and although primarily considered a composer for keyboard instruments, he could not avoid occasionally writing flute compositions for Frederick the Great, an accomplished flautist. The concert revealing curiosities of music history shows the solo skills of Concerto Armonico concert master Márta Ábrahám and artistic director Miklós Spányi as well as flutist János Bálint, a regular partner of the ensemble.