She has also been the principal guest conductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra since 2021 and chief conductor of the Kristiansand Symphony Orchestra in Norway since 2018. Stutzmann is the new music director of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra from the 2022-23 season. This performance is supported by The Kleiner Foundation, Libby and Van Morris, and the Trashy Book Club of Athens. This program includes excerpts from Bach’s cantatas and orchestral works, Handel’s “Arrival of the Queen of Sheba” from the opera “Solomon” and a Vivaldi concerto for four violins. Bach are hurtling through interstellar space at more than 38,000 mph. And, thanks to NASA’s Voyager mission, two pieces by J.S.
On YouTube, a single video of Antonio Vivaldi’s “Four Seasons” has more than 248 million views. Today, they dominate Western music written before the arrival of Mozart.Įach year, around the world, professional and community choirs-as well as many intrepid audience members-gather to sing George Frideric Handel’s massive oratorio written on the life of Christ. Six hundred miles to the south, a third boy, Vivaldi, was learning the violin. One, Bach, is among the world’s most influential composers. Two little boys were born in Germany, about 100 miles apart. It is a wide window facing a key period in music history.ġ685 was a banner year.
“Bach and Friends” is like a 90-minute Baroque mixtape, with familiar short pieces flowing into each other without an intermission. “The ‘Bach & Friends’ program shows the impact and the connection between Bach, Vivaldi and Handel-three genius musicians from one time.” It is crucial for any orchestra to come back to the source,” Stutzmann said.
in Hodgson Concert Hall with a concert titled “Bach & Friends,” featuring beloved pieces by Bach, Handel and Vivaldi. New Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Music Director Nathalie Stutzmann makes her Athens debut March 26 at 3 p.m.
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