Artists
- Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
- Georg Kallweitviolin, concertmaster
- Mayumi Hirasakiviolin, concertmaster
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Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
Image credit: © Uwe Arens
Archived Event
A Baroque Christmas
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin; Georg Kallweit violin, concertmaster; Mayumi Hirasaki violin, concertmaster
- Date
- Wed 03 Dec 2025, 7.30pm
- Tickets
- Archived Event
- Duration
This concert will be approximately 2 hours in duration, including an interval
- Availability
Programme
- Heinrich Biber1644-1704
- Mystery Sonata IV in D minor 'The Presentation of Jesus in the Temple':
- Ciacona
- Antonio Vivaldi1678-1741
- Violin Concerto in E RV270 'Il Riposo per il Santo Natale'
- Pietro Antonio Locatelli1695-1764
- Concerto grosso in F minor Op. 1 No. 8
- Arcangelo Corelli1653-1713
- Concerto grosso in G minor Op. 6 No. 8 'Fatto per la Notte di Natale'
Interval
- Georg Philipp Telemann1681-1767
- Overture in F 'à la Pastorelle' TWV55:F7
- Evaristo Felice Dall'Abaco1675-1742
- Concerto a più istrumenti in B minor Op. 6 No. 4
- Johann Sebastian Bach1685-1750
- Double Concerto for 2 violins in D minor BWV1043
Encore
- Overture in D TWV55:D1:
- II. Air 1. Tempo giusto
Overview
One of the world’s leading period-instrument ensembles and its concertmaster Georg Kallweit are joined by baroque violin ace Mayumi Hirasaki for a feast of works by composers who propelled the violin’s technical limits to new heights. Their programme blends thrilling virtuosity with tender reflections on the nativity and infancy of Jesus.