An Offering You Can’t Refuse

Leave the gun, take the Corelli. The Godfather of the Concerto Grosso pioneered and popularized the platform that allowed multiple star soloists in an ensemble to each shine in turn as they took the spotlight. A showcase of immaculate teamwork as much as individual virtuosity, the form found a big fan in the likes of Handel, who studied and stole from Corelli over a lifetime of frenemy rivalry. Conductor and keyboard dynamo Richard Egarr of the Academy of Ancient Music returns to lead Philharmonia in an offering you can’t refuse.

The “amiable and scholarly” Richard Egarr plays with “cleanliness, refinement and style … but never at the cost of bountiful fantasy.” — The New York Times

CORELLI Concerto Grosso Op. 6, No. 10 in C major
MUFFAT Sonata No. 5 in G major from Armonico tributo
HANDEL Concerto Grosso Op.6, No. 4 in A minor
HANDEL Organ Concerto No. 15 in D minor
CORELLI Concerto Grosso Op. 6, No. 2 in F major
HANDEL Concerto Grosso Op. 6, No. 1 in G major

Richard Egarr, conductor and organ

PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE

Thursday March 8, 2018 @ 8 pm | Herbst Theatre, San Francisco
Friday March 9, 2018 @ 7:30 pm | Bing Concert Hall, Stanford
Saturday March 10, 2018 @ 8 pm | First Congregational Church, Berkeley
Sunday March 11, 2018 @ 4 pm | First Congregational Church, Berkeley

ABOUT RICHARD EGARR

During the 2016-17 season Richard Egarr makes his debut with Finnish Radio Symphony, St Paul Chamber, Utah Symphony and Melbourne Symphony, and returns to the Seattle Symphony, NDR Hanover, Royal Flemish Philharmonic, Residentie Orkest, Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia and Tasmanian Symphony. He also returns to the Handel and Haydn Society Boston for two weeks.

Early in his tenure with AAM Egarr established the Choir of the AAM, and operas/oratorios lie at the heart of his repertoire; current plans with the AAM include a Purcell opera cycle at the Barbican Centre where they are an Associate Ensemble. He made his Glyndebourne debut in 2007 conducting a staged version of St Matthew Passion. Egarr is a lasting inspiration to young musicians, maintaining regular relationships at the Amsterdam Conservatoire, Britten Pears Foundation, and the Netherlands Opera Academy (La clemenza di Tito, Le nozze di Figaro and Rossini’s Il Signor Bruschino). He is a Visiting Artist at the Juilliard School in New York.

Egarr continues to play solo recitals across the world, with concerts this season including Wigmore Hall, Bozar, and Carnegie Hall as part of a North American tour. His extensive discography on Harmonia Mundi includes solo keyboard works by JS Bach, Handel, Mozart and Louis Couperin, with JS Bach Partitas to be released in February 2017. His long list of recordings with the Academy of Ancient Music includes seven Handel discs (2007 Gramophone Award, 2009 MIDEM and Edison awards), and more recently JS Bach’s St John and Matthew Passions on the AAM’s own label. In 2015 he conducted a sold out performance of Gilbert and Sullivan’s HMS Pinafore at Edinburgh International Festival, recorded live and released on Linn Records in 2016 to enthusiastic reviews.

Egarr trained as a choirboy at York Minster, at Chetham’s School of Music in Manchester, and as organ scholar at Clare College Cambridge. His studies with Gustav and Marie Leonhardt further inspired his work in the field of historical performance.

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