Pop-up Concerts
Viennese Charm meets Italian Fire
FR 6. Sep. 2024 | 15:00-16:00
Pedestrian zone in the Servitengasse
free admission
Virtuoso baroque music in the Servitengasse! Our new pop-up concert format transforms the pedestrian zone into a lively stage. Discover music for chalumeau, historical clarinet, keyed flute, baroque flute, recorder and baroque cello - accompanied by some anecdotes from our musicians!
Project R&C
The ensemble **Project R&C**, short for "recorder" and "cello", consists of the recorder player Magdalena Spielmann and the baroque cellist Szczepan DembiÅ„ski. The two have set themselves the goal of researching and practically reviving the continuo practice that was widespread in the 17th and 18th centuries, in which the cello was the only continuo instrument. This historical practice can be clearly seen in the scoring of numerous chamber music compositions from the end of the 17th century onwards, where, as in Corelli's violin sonatas op. 5, it says "... _per violino e violone ó cimbalo_...".
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Simon Pibal, Historical Clarinet
Simon Pibal, born in 1991 in Villach, studied instrumental and vocal pedagogy at the Carinthian State Conservatory and completed teacher training in music education and instrumental music education as well as a master's degree in historical performance practice at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna (mdw). Since 2016, he has led a clarinet class at the Freie Musikschule in Vienna and works as a freelance musician on historical clarinet instruments. With his ensemble Seisenburg Trio, he won the 2023 Förderpreis Alte Musik. He regularly performs with orchestras such as the Styriarte Festival Orchestra, Prisma Wien, Bach Consort Wien, and Concentus Musicus Wien. In addition to his artistic and pedagogical activities, he gives lectures and workshops on historical clarinet instruments.
Ching-Yao Wang, Baroque Flute
Ching-Yao Wang is considered one of the most outstanding traverso flutists of his generation. He studied flute performance with Barbara Gisler-Haase at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna (mdw) and graduated with distinction in 2020. Ching-Yao is a prize winner at numerous international competitions, including the 11th International Telemann Competition in Magdeburg, the 1st Dutch International TRAVERSO Competition, and the 3rd International Bach Competition in Berlin. His concert activities with ensembles such as Concentus Musicus Wien, Les Talens Lyriques, and Theresia Orchestra have taken him to renowned festivals and concert halls across Europe. He is a founding member of ensemble freymut and regularly performs with the ensemble both domestically and abroad.
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Artists
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Magdalena Spielmann - Recorder
Szczepan Dembiński - Baroque Cello
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Simon Pibal - Chalumeau, Historical Clarinets
Ching-Yao Wang - Traverso & Keyed Flute