Christopher Wilke, baroque lute, performs "The Last Master": music of Bernhard Hagen

Description

“Wilke’s playing goes far beyond the notes… giving us the opportunity to understand something deep through this beautiful language of music.” - Guitar Foundation of America Soundboard

Renowned baroque lutenist Christopher Wilke - a former student of Paul O'Dette's and now director of guitar and lute at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music - will perform a recital dedicated to the sonatas of Bernhard Joachim Hagen. One of the last composers to write for the 24-string lute, Hagen left a rich body of sonatas known as much for their sweeping melodic style and dramatic changes of mood as well as for their extreme technical difficulty. Virtually unheard today, come hear the sublime beauty of this rare music be reborn in the unparalleled acoustics and visual environment of the Church of Our Saviour.

 

WORKS BY BERNHARD HAGEN (1720-1787)

PROGRAM

Sonata in E-flat Major

Maestoso

Affetuoso

Allegretto

 

Sonata in f minor

Largo

Allegro

Gustoso

 

Minuetto con Variazioni…........................Pietro Locatelli (1695-1764) arr. Hagen

 

Improvisation

 

Sonata in g minor

[Maestoso]

[Allegro]

[Minuetto]

[Vivace]

 

Sonata in B-flat Major

Allegro

Gustoso

Minuet 1+2

Presto

 

 

 

This concert is presented as part of the Cincinnati Early Music Festival.

Date & Time

Sat, Feb 3, 2024 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Venue Details

Church of Our Saviour

65 East Hollister Street
Cincinnati, Ohio 45219

Christopher Wilke