For those who were unable to be present on 16 December at our concert La Serenata Ritrovata, here is now a chance to experience that magical moment. The full video of the concert will be released on 20 March at 8pm in the setting of the Early Music Day Festival organised by REMA. CLICK HERE to find out more. Enjoy!
J.S. Bach, BWV 66a - the unpublished reconstruction by Karl Böhmer, Jörn Boysen and Fabio Bonizzoni
We know that it was the 24th birthday party for Prince Leopold of Anhalt-Köthen. And we also know that it was a particularly lavish birthday, with dancing, music and theatrical performances. And we know that Johann Sebastian Bach composed a serenade to celebrate the feast and that Hamburg's most famous theatre bass, Gottfried Riemschneider, was invited to sing. Of this composition we are left with the libretto but... not the music. Bach, however – like almost all composers – reused his best pages, adapting them to another text. So, we set out to find it! And here, after years of work, we present what was probably the Serenade performed on the evening of the 10th of December 1718 for Prince Leopold. A musicologist, a musician, a composer and... a lot of passion are the ingredients that finally allow us to relive that magical moment of music and splendour that amazed the guests of the Köthen court 325 years ago.
LA RISONANZA
Fabio Bonizzoni harpsichord, conductor
Andrea Mion, Elisabeth Passot oboes
Giovanni Battista Graziadio bassoon
Jorge Jimenez, Ulrike Slowik, Rossella Borsoni, Beatrice Scaldini, Joanna Dobrowolska, Davide Medas, Laura Cavazzuti violins
Livia Baldi, Zeno Scattolin violas
Caterina Dell’Agnello, Agnieszka Oszanca cellos
Guisella Massa violone
Federica Napoletani soprano
Angela Hyun Jung Oh alto
Karol Kusz tenor
Valerio Zanolli bass
Karl Böhmer musicological consultant
Jörn Boysen composer