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Transatlantic: Classical Masters

Academy of Ancient Music

,Milton Court Concert Hall
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AAM rediscovers the glorious music of Brazilian composer José Maurício Nunes Garcia – in the company of his heroes Mozart and Haydn.

When Haydn travelled to London, his friend Mozart worried that it might be a journey too far. But the 18th century classical tradition didn’t end at the shores of Europe, and on the far side of the Atlantic, José Maurício Nunes Garcia was creating music of genius – and rising to become one of the brightest stars in Brazilian and Portuguese music.

It’s an astonishing story – especially when you consider the prejudice that the mixed-race Nunes Garcia must have faced in colonial society – but today he takes centre stage alongside Mozart’s ever-popular Clarinet Concerto. Inventive, arresting and frequently sublime, Nunes Garcia’s music makes a glorious complement to Mozart and Haydn, and AAM is performing it here for one of the first times in the modern era.

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This performance will finish at approximately 9.30pm, including a 20-minute interval

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Programme

José Maurício Nunes Garcia Overture in D major
Dilexisti justitiam
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Clarinet Concerto in A major
José Maurício Nunes Garcia Tantum ergo
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Ave verum corpus
Joseph Haydn Divertimento in G major
José Maurício Nunes Garcia Litany of the Sorrows of Our Lady

Performers

Academy of Ancient Music
Laurence Cummings director and harpsichord
Katherine Spencer clarinet

Ticket prices

£5

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