Bach in Istanbul: Jiri Barta (cello), Terezie Fialová (piano) & Festival Ensemble

September 25, 2024
20.00
Tickets from Biletix.com. Prices: 825TL, 990TL, 1375TL, 1760TL. Note that this concert is to take place not in the main Türk Telekom Opera Hall but in the Theatre Hall.

Atatürk Cultural Centre (Atatürk Kültür Merkezi, or AKM), Gümüşsuyu Mah., Mete Cad. No 2 (i.e., Taksim Square), Beyoğlu, 34437 Istanbul

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In this, the opening concert of this autumn’s ‘Bach in Istanbul’ festival, cellist Jiri Barta and pianist Terezie Fialová (accompanied by a ‘Festival Ensemble’) are to play works by Beethoven, Arvo Pärt and Haydn.

The programme will begin with Beethoven’s 1796 Sonata in G minor for cello and piano, Opus 5 No 2, dedicated to King Friedrich Wilhelm II of Prussia (a keen cellist whom Beethoven met in Berlin). It will then continue with Arvo Pärt’s Fratres (‘Brothers’) for cello and piano, written in 1977.

The works to be played in the second half are Haydn’s Divertimento in C major for piano and strings (Hoboken XIV/4) and this same composer’s Cello Concerto in C major (Hoboken VIIB/1), an early work written at some time between 1761 and 1765. This concerto, one of the staples of the cello repertoire, was considered to have been lost until a copy of the score was discovered at the Prague National Museum in 1961. Here is the Wikipedia entry.