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Season Performance: Dresden Ditties with special guest Rachel Podger

Name: Season Performance: Dresden Ditties with special guest Rachel Podger
Start: 2023-01-17T19:00:00-08:00
End: 2023-01-17T21:00:00-08:00
Location: Zipper Hall, The Colburn School

Tuesday, January 17, 2023, 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Details

Date:: Tuesday, January 17, 2023
Time:: 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Venue

: Zipper Hall, The Colburn School
: 200 South Grand Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90012 United States + Google Map

During the Baroque, Dresden was one of the most prominent and innovative musical centers in Europe, with composers and virtuosic performers such as Pisendel, Hasse, and Zelenka elevating the musical activities of the city to new heights. It was during one of his many visits to this particular city that Johann Sebastian Bach – who in 1736 was appointed Dresden Hofcomponist (Court Composer) – referred to Hasse’s 1731 opera Cleofide as the “Dresden ditties’. While sounding rather disparaging to English ears, the original German phrase,”Dresden Liederchen,” actually does not imply any contempt on the part of the elderly Bach, who by all counts was a major admirer of Dresden and its musicians.

Rachel Podger directs a collaborative performance between the Colburn Conservatory students and Tesserae Baroque in a performance of this virtuosic and exciting repertoire, including music by Pisendel, Mossi, Zelenka and Hasse.

Tickets: $30, $15

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