Akademie für Alte Musik and Chamber Music Concerts in London

Favourite pieces

CPE Bach's Symphony in C Wq. 182 No. 3 performed in 2021 (October) and 2020 (February).

Bach's Concerto for two violins in D minor 'Double Concerto' BWV1043 performed in 2020 (February) and 2017.

Handel's Concerto Grosso in F major Op. 3 No. 4 HWV315 performed in 2019 (May) and 2018 (January).

Wigmore Hall, 25-Jan-2022 / 19:30

Antonio Bertali: Sonata a6 in D minor
Marco Uccellini: Sonata decima ottava a doi violini Op. 4
Giulio Caccini: Amarilli, mia bella
Andrea Falconieri: Passacalle
Giovanni Valentini, Giovanni Pandolfi Mealli, Biagio Marini, Giovanni Legrenzi, Benedetto Ferrari, Monteverdi, Biber

Wigmore Hall, 13-Oct-2021 / 19:30

Johann Gottlieb Goldberg
Bach

Wigmore Hall, 29-Feb-2020 / 19:30

Bach:
- Concerto for violin and oboe in C minor BWV1060R (reconstructed by Wilfried Fischer)
- Violin Concerto in G minor BWV1056R reconstructed from Concerto in F minor for harpsichord
- Trio Sonata in C for 2 violins and continuo BWV529
- Violin Concerto in D minor BWV1052R

Isabelle Faust
Bernhard Forck - Leader, violin
Xenia Löffler - Oboe

Unfortunately, the Akademie für Alte Musik's concert scheduled for the 28^th of November 2020 at the Wigmore Hall was cancelled due to the pandemic.

Their concert with Kristian Bezuidenhout scheduled for the 26^th of September 2020 at the Wigmore Hall was also cancelled.

Wigmore Hall, 4-May-2019 / 19:30

Handel, concerto grossos in:
- D minor Op. 3 No. 5 HWV316
- B flat Op. 3 No. 2 HWV313
- D Op. 3 No. 6 HWV317
- G Op. 3 No. 3 HWV314
- B flat Op. 3 No. 1 HWV312
- IV. Minuetto from F Op. 3 No. 4 HWV315
Telemann:
- II. Piacevole non largo from Sonata No. 4 in D minor TWV40:121
- I. Presto from Sonata No. 2 in G minor TWV40:119
- II. Adagio from Sonata No. 1 in G TWV40:118
- II. Soave from Sonata No. 6 in A minor TWV40:123

Founded in Berlin in 1982, the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin (also referred to as Akamus) won a gramophone award in 1999.

The Akademie is a chamber orchestra performing on period instruments.

The Akademie performed with Georg Kallweit and soprano Anna Prohaska in a programme including works by Purcell, Matthew Locke on the 3^rd of June 2018 at the Wigmore Hall.

Wigmore Hall, 11-Jan-2018 / 19:30

Recital with contralto Sonia Prina

Ferrandini: Cantata 'Il pianto di Maria'
Bach: Cantata 'Widerstehe doch der Sünde BWV54'
Locatelli: Concerto Grosso in E flat (Il Pianto d'Arianna) Op. 7 No. 6
Vivaldi: Longe mala, umbrae, terrores RV629

Wigmore Hall, 29-Jun-2017 / 19:30

Bernard Forck - Leader, violin, Isabelle Faust

Bach:
- Suite No. 2 in A minor BWV1067a
- Violin Concertos in
  - E major BWV1042
  - A minor BWV1041
CPE Bach: String Symphony in B minor from Sei sinfonie Wq. 182 No. 5

Wigmore Hall, 23-Dec-2016 / 19:30

Mozart:
- Serenade in C minor K388 'Night Music'
- Variations on 'Ah vous dirai-je, maman' K265 (arr. Georg Druschetzky)
Leopold Mozart: Die musikalische Schlittenfahrt: Divertimento in F major (arr. Ernst Schlader)
Salieri: Armonia per un tempio della notte
Beethoven: Octet in E flat major Op. 103

The Akademie, together with Cecilia Bartoli, won a Gramophone award for Christoph Willibald Gluck's Italian Arias 2002.

They won another for Händel's Ombra mai fù in 1999.

They won a Gramophone Award by themselves for Scarlatti's Il primo omicidio,in 1998.

Wigmore Hall, 6-Feb-2015 / 19:30

Recital with cellist Jean-Guihen Queyras and oboist Xenia Löffler

Vivaldi:
- Sinfonias from
  - Giustino RV717 and Dorilla in Tempe RV709
- Concerto for strings in C RV114
- Concerto in G minor for oboe, cello and strings RV812
- Concerto in D minor for 2 violins and cello Op. 3 No. 11 from 'L'estro armonico'
- Oboe Concerto in C RV450
- Cello Concertos in
  - G minor RV416
  - F RV412
  - A minor RV419
Caldara: Sinfonia No. 6 in G minor from San Elena al Calvario

The Akademie made its BBC Prom debut on the 4th of August 2005 in a programme of Bach's Orchestral Suite No. 4 in D major and Telemann's Water Music suite and further works by Handel.

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