THE BORROWERS
THE 18TH-CENTURY ART OF REINVENTION
Followed by Buffet of Italian & German Pastries
Can a masterpiece be borrowed? In the Baroque era, musical ideas traveled freely – copied, adapted, reimagined, and sometimes transformed entirely. The Borrowers reveals how masters such as Bach and Handel drew inspiration from the music of Corelli, Vivaldi, and Pergolesi, reshaping the music of others with their own unmistakable genius. A fascinating journey into the art of reinvention – and the surprising adaptations hidden in some of the Baroque era’s greatest music.
The Artists:
Rebecca Myers, Soprano
Aryssa Leigh Burrs, Mezzo Soprano
Francis Liu & Kako Miura, Baroque Violin
Peter Kupfer, Baroque Viola
Mark Kramer, Baroque ‘Cello
Nicholas Kleinman, Baroque Contrabass
Jeffrey Grossman, Harpsichord
The Program:
Arcangelo Corelli, Fuga a quattro voci
(Borrowed by George Frideric Handel for his ‘Hallelujah Chorus’)
Johann Sebastian Bach, Harpsichord Concerto in F Major BWV 978 (Borrowed from Antonio Vivaldi, Violin Concerto, L’Estro Armonico RV 310)
Johann Sebastian Bach, Motet: Tilge, Höchster, meine Sünden
(Borrowed from Giovanni Battista Pergolesi’s ‘Stabat Mater’)
