Transcriptions and arrangements of works by his contemporaries by Patrick Ayrton

Patrick Ayrton

Transcriptions and arrangements of works by his contemporaries

Format: CD
Label: Globe
UPC: 8711525516601
Catnr: GLO 5166
Release date: 19 August 2002
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Label
Globe

UPC
8711525516601

Catalogue number
GLO 5166

Release date
19 August 2002

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Bach bewerkt de werken van zijn tijdgenoten
Johann Sebastian Bachs transcripties en bewerkingen van werken van zijn tijdgenoten vallen onder de beste en belangrijkste werken uit zijn zogenaamde tweede periode. De originele werken waren niet alleen een geweldige bron van inspiratie voor hem, maar hebben zijn verdere ontwikkeling aanzienlijk beïnvloed en verrijkt.

Dit is een van de zeer weinige albums die volledig is toegewijd aan de beste van deze werken, in meesterlijke uitvoeringen van Patrick Ayrton, die internationale roem verkreeg met zijn opnames van klavecimbel- en orgelwerken van William Byrd.

Het klavecimbel dat voor deze opnames werd gebruikt is niet het gebruikelijke klassieke model van de Vlaamse bouwer Ruckers, maar een kopie van een instrument van de Hamburgse bouwer Hieronymus Hass uit 1734. Hass voegde een demper van 16 voet en luitregisters toe aan het instrument, kenmerken die bij Bach bekend moeten zijn geweest, en die hij zelf vooral benutte terwijl hij deze werken uitvoerde zoals ze op zijn eigen instrumenten geklonken moeten hebben.

Klavecinist en organist Patrick Ayrton treedt in Europa en de Verenigde Staten op als solist en continuospeler met orkesten en ensembles als het Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, het Koninklijk Concertgebouworkest en het Gulbenkian Choir. Daarnaast was hij lid van Combattimento Consort Amsterdam en het trio La Dada.

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Patrick Ayrton

Patrick Ayrton divides his time between performance on a variety of keyboards and his work as a conductor. He currently teaches thorough-bass, chamber music and improvisation at the Royal Conservatory of the Hague. He has been a tutor for the European Union Baroque Orchestra audition courses and has given masterclasses at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory and Gnessin School in Moscow, the Yonsei University of Seoul, the Latvian Academy in Riga and the Summer School of the Salzburg Mozarteum. Patrick Ayrton is the central figure in a documentary film based on Tregian’s Ground, a prize-winning novel by the Swiss writer Anne Cuneo.
His association and collaboration with the Dutch conductor Arie van Beek has led him to develop his skills as a music director. In recent years, he has received invitations to conduct orchestras of repute such as the Orchestra of the Auvergne, the Chamber Academy of Potsdam, the Dijon-Bourgogne Orchestra, the Pasdeloup Orchestra in Paris, the Nordic Chamber Orchestra (Sweden), the Symphony Orchestra of Cannes, the Latvian Radio Choir, the Chamber Orchestra of Munich or the Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra. Patrick Ayrton is also the founder of the Les Inventions, a period ensemble which explores uncharted 18th century repertoire, such as the works of Joseph Touchemoulin and Thomas Linley. Les Inventions work in close partnership with acclaimed British vocal ensemble VOCES8.
Patrick Ayrton is also known for his pre-concert talks and is a regular lecturer. From 2004 to 2016, he was artistic director of the Bach en Combrailles Festival in France. In the season 2016-17, he conducted the Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra in a cycle of 6 concerts featuring Baroque, Classical and Neo-Classical repertoire.

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Johann Sebastian Bach

Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer and musician of the Baroque period. He enriched established German styles through his skill in counterpoint, harmonic and motivic organisation, and the adaptation of rhythms, forms, and textures from abroad, particularly from Italy and France. Bach's compositions include the Brandenburg Concertos, the Goldberg Variations, the Mass in B minor, two Passions, and hundreds of cantatas. His music is revered for its technical command, artistic beauty, and intellectual depth. Bach's abilities as an organist were highly respected during his lifetime, although he was not widely recognised as a great composer until a revival of interest in and performances of his music in the first half of the 19th century. He is now generally regarded as one of the greatest composers of all time.

Bach's abilities as an organist were highly respected during his lifetime, although he was not widely recognised as a great composer until a revival of interest in and performances of his music in the first half of the 19th century. He is now generally regarded as one of the greatest composers of all time.

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