Music on Thursdays
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Thursday
26th May 2022
12.30 lunchtime
Ibrahim Aziz
viola da gamba
Jonatan Bougt
theorbo
Programme
Anon (mid 16th century ?)
Greensleeves to a ground
Carlos Martínez Gil (b1957)
from Suite Estiu
Aromas
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Prelude from Cello Suite No 2 in D minor BWV 1008
Theorbo Solo
Gustav Düben (1628/29-1690 ) arr Bougt
from Odæ Sveticæ
III Dygd är alltings rätta bruk Virtue is the correct practice of everything
Marin Marais (1656-1728)
Rondeau in D major
Jean-Baptiste Forqueray (1699-1782)
Chaconne La Morangis ou La Plissay
Theorbo Solos
François Couperin (1668-1733)
from Premier Livre / First Book (1713)
arr Robert de Visée
from Ordre 1er de clavecin in G minor
Les silvains Woodland Spirits
Robert de Visée (c1655-1732/33)
Chaconne in G
Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)
Sonata in E minor for viola da gamba and basso continuo
Cantabile - Allegro - Recitativo/Arioso - Vivace
Concert duration approx: 45-50 minutes
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Ibrahim Aziz
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Ibrahim Aziz specializes in the performance of renaissance, baroque and contemporary music for the viola da gamba, having studied with Alison Crum at Trinity College of Music, London. He now works with consorts and ensembles such as Chelys and The Rose Consort of Viols, but also regularly performs as a soloist. He has recorded two solo CDs for First Hand Records and is also an artist on other classical labels such BIS, Delphian, Resonus Classics and others with various ensembles. Ibrahim’s playing has been praised by Gramophone, BBC Music Magazine, The Independent and the American Record Guide. He has worked for many distinguished musicians and concert venues worldwide. www.ibiaziz.com |
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Jonatan Bougt
Award winning Swedish guitarist and theorbist Jonatan Bougt is a graduate of the Royal College of Music where he studied with Jakob Lindberg, Carlos Bonell and Chris Stell as an RCM Scholar supported by the Musician’s Company Lambert Studentship. He completed his Master of Historical Performance degree with Distinction in 2019 and holds a First Class Bachelor of Music (Honours) degree, graduating in 2017.
During his studies, he was the 1st Prize winner of the RCM Guitar Prize (2017) and the RCM Historical Performance Competition (2019), receiving The Century Fund Prize and The Richard III Prize. In 2021, Jonatan was awarded the 1st Prize in the NORDEM 2020 EAR-ly competition, for his "graceful playing, stage presence that leads the listener to the music" and for his "elegant and natural way of playing as well as understanding of style and musical rhetoric". Jonatan has been selected as a Young Artist on the ‘Britten Pears Young Artist Programme’ (2018), ‘BREMF Live!’ (2018/19) and ‘Handel House Talent’ (2019-21). Other noteworthy awards include the 1st Prize in the Swedish Guitar & Lute Society’s Jörgen Rörby Competition (2014) and the 1st Prize in the Uppsala International Guitar Festival’s Young Talents Competition (2013).
Jonatan has performed in venues such as the Royal Festival Hall, Queen’s Gallery, Shakespeare Globe, Hampton Court Palace, St John’s Smith Square, Kings Place, Snape Maltings Concert Hall, Stockholm Concert Hall and Uppsala Konsert&Kongress Concert Hall (Sweden), Große Universitätsaula Salzburg (Austria) and Centro Cultural Justicia Federal, (Brazil). In 2016, Jonatan performed the UK premiere of Chaya Czernowin's White Wind Waiting with the RCM Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Johannes Harneit.
In 2012, he was awarded a scholarship by the City of Stockholm and the Music Conservatoire of Espirito Santo (FAMES) to give recitals with Bougt & Bergek Duo during the XIX Winter Music Festival of Domingos Martins and in Centro Cultural Justicia Federal, Rio de Janeiro. This led to live performances on Brazilian TV-Gazeta.
Jonatan regularly works as a chamber musician and in 2016, his guitar and piano duo with Irena Radić won 2nd Prize in the Chamber Music Competition at the Twents Guitar Festival, Netherlands and the group Dramma Per Musica have performed in major festivals around the UK and Europe as well as live on BBC Radio 3. Jonatan’s playing can be heard on Fair Oriana’s new album Two Voices as well as Ensemble La Notte’s La Folia. 2022 will see the release of Ensemble Noxwode’s CD featuring violin sonatas by Marco Uccellini.
Prior to coming to London, Jonatan studied with Bo Hansson at Södra Latin Gymnasium's Professional Musician Programme. His studies there were supported by the Royal Academy of Music in Sweden, the Swedish Guitar & Lute Society and the Grisslehamn’s Guitar Prize.
Jonatan plays on guitars by Johannes Kitselis and Lars Jönsson. His theorbo, also made by Lars Jönsson, is generously sponsored by the Helge Ax:son Johnson Foundation.
More info: www.jonatanbougt.com
Recordings of the works in today's concert
Anon (mid 16th century ?)
Greensleeves to a ground
The performers here are Jordi Savall, viol, with Rolf Lisveland, theorbo
Greensleeves to a ground
The performers here are Jordi Savall, viol, with Rolf Lisveland, theorbo
Carlos Martínez Gil (b1957)
from Suite Estiu
Aromas
Our recording comes from Ibrahim Aziz' own CD Risonanza
from Suite Estiu
Aromas
Our recording comes from Ibrahim Aziz' own CD Risonanza
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Prelude from Cello Suite No 2 in D minor BWV 1008
Audio recording by Paolo Pandolfo, with photos from the Musikinstrumenten Museum, Berlin
Prelude from Cello Suite No 2 in D minor BWV 1008
Audio recording by Paolo Pandolfo, with photos from the Musikinstrumenten Museum, Berlin
Gustav Düben (1628/29-1690 ) arr Bougt
from Odæ Sveticæ
III Dygd är alltings rätta bruk Virtue is the correct practice of everything
Although we shall hear a solo theorbo performance at the concert, here is a recording with singer and harpsichord. The musicians are Mikael Samuelson, baritone Thomas Schuback, harpsichord Sven Åberg, Lute and Kari Ottesen, cello
from Odæ Sveticæ
III Dygd är alltings rätta bruk Virtue is the correct practice of everything
Although we shall hear a solo theorbo performance at the concert, here is a recording with singer and harpsichord. The musicians are Mikael Samuelson, baritone Thomas Schuback, harpsichord Sven Åberg, Lute and Kari Ottesen, cello
Marin Marais (1656-1728)
Rondeau in D major
This performance comes from a University of Utah Early Music Ensemble concert on campus. The gamba is played by Richard Jones, with Pamela Jones, harpsichord
Rondeau in D major
This performance comes from a University of Utah Early Music Ensemble concert on campus. The gamba is played by Richard Jones, with Pamela Jones, harpsichord
Jean-Baptiste Forqueray (1699-1782)
Chaconne La Morangis ou La Plissay
Still period instruments, this recording gives us the sound of the Baroque guitar, played by Anna Kowalska, and the theorbo, played by Anton Birula
Chaconne La Morangis ou La Plissay
Still period instruments, this recording gives us the sound of the Baroque guitar, played by Anna Kowalska, and the theorbo, played by Anton Birula
François Couperin (1668-1733) arr Robert de Visée
from Premier Livre / First Book (1713) - Ordre 1er de clavecin in G minor
Les silvains Woodland Spirits
Robert de Visée transcribed this original harpsichord piece to be played on the theorbo in the early 18th century. Our recording is by Marina Belova of the First Russian Lute School
from Premier Livre / First Book (1713) - Ordre 1er de clavecin in G minor
Les silvains Woodland Spirits
Robert de Visée transcribed this original harpsichord piece to be played on the theorbo in the early 18th century. Our recording is by Marina Belova of the First Russian Lute School
Robert de Visée (c1655-1732/33)
Chaconne in G
Recording by Nacho Laguna Navarro (video ends at 6m23)
Chaconne in G
Recording by Nacho Laguna Navarro (video ends at 6m23)
Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)
Sonata in E minor for viola da gamba and basso continuo
Cantabile - Allegro -
Our choice for the first two movements of this final work demonstrates the versatility of this musical writing. Instead of using a theorbo or a harpsichord, here we hear a string ensemble, at the University of Berkeley, California. The gamba soloist is Peter Brodigan, the arrangement was written by William Skeen, and the conductor is Kati Kyme
Sonata in E minor for viola da gamba and basso continuo
Cantabile - Allegro -
Our choice for the first two movements of this final work demonstrates the versatility of this musical writing. Instead of using a theorbo or a harpsichord, here we hear a string ensemble, at the University of Berkeley, California. The gamba soloist is Peter Brodigan, the arrangement was written by William Skeen, and the conductor is Kati Kyme
Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)
Sonata in E minor for viola da gamba and basso continuo
- Recitativo/Arioso - Vivace
We place the final two movements in the hands of Duo Labyrinthe, Clare Bracher and Jadran Duncumb, as they perform in the London Handel Festival 2011, in St George's, Hanover Square - the church in which Handel himself worshipped
Sonata in E minor for viola da gamba and basso continuo
- Recitativo/Arioso - Vivace
We place the final two movements in the hands of Duo Labyrinthe, Clare Bracher and Jadran Duncumb, as they perform in the London Handel Festival 2011, in St George's, Hanover Square - the church in which Handel himself worshipped
Previous concert
Mark Dangerfield, classical guitar - click here
Next Thursday's concert
Buck Brass Quartet, play a concert for the Queen's Platinum Jubilee 2022 - click here
