A viola player who conveys the highly virtuoso violin music of the 17th and 18th century with lightness on his instrument.
Fri. 13.9.
19:30, Kursaal Bad Honnef
Nils Mönkemeyer & Friends
- Chamber Music
- € 53 / 33
Contributors
- Nils Mönkemeyer viola
- Andreas Arend arpeggione
- Matthias Bergmann baroque cello
- Sabine Erdmann harpsichord
Programme
Antonio Vivaldi
Sonata in D Major, RV 31 op. 2/2
Sonata in D Major, RV 31 op. 2/2
Isabella Leonarda
Sonata op. 16/12
Sonata op. 16/12
Arcangelo Corelli
Sonata in C Minor, op. 5/5
Sonata in C Minor, op. 5/5
Johann Georg Pisendel, attributed J. S. Bach
Sonata in C Minor, BWV 1024
Sonata in C Minor, BWV 1024
Francesco Maria Veracini
Sonata accademicha in C Minor, op. 2/5
Sonata accademicha in C Minor, op. 2/5
Georg Philipp Telemann
Sonata in G Major, TWV 41:G1
Nicola Matteis
»Diverse Bizarrie sopra la Vecchia Sarabanda o pur Ciaccona«
»Diverse Bizarrie sopra la Vecchia Sarabanda o pur Ciaccona«
Giuseppe Tartini
Sonata in C Minor, »Devil’s Trill Sonata«
Sonata in C Minor, »Devil’s Trill Sonata«
The concert at a glance
Description
Daring virtuosos, bold geniuses and free thinkers – the Baroque period produced a wealth of violinists who took unconventional paths. Nils Mönkemeyer demonstrates that this kind of improvisational music can also make an impression on the viola. A virtuoso feast of sonatas ranging from those by the idiosyncratic nun Isabella Leonarda, one of the first known composers of instrumental music, to Tartini’s tricky »Devil’s Trill Sonata«.
In cooperation with Kulturring Bad Honnef