Encounter of Viola da gamba and Square Piano Tokyo Performance

Carl Friedrich Abel (1723-87) was the last shimmering musician in the history of the viola da gamba, and 2023 marks the 300th anniversary of his birth.

　Abel and Johann Christian Bach (1735-82), the youngest son of J.S. Bach, were close friends. Bach-Abel Concerts, the first series of public subscription concerts in England, ran for 17 years from 1765.

At the time, the square piano (box-shaped fortepiano), created by German maker J. Zumpe, who moved to London at about the same time as the Abels, was exploding in popularity. The square piano would have been a big hit at the concerts of Abel and J.C. Bach.

The combination of viola-da-gamba and square piano is a rare one, and only during this period in history did the two instruments overlap. Please enjoy the sound of these two instruments woven together by Masako Hirao and Shigehiko Kawaguchi.

In addition to the evening performance on Friday, July 21 at 7:00 p.m., there will be a daytime performance on the same day at 2:30 p.m. with the same content.
There will also be a concert of the same content at Kobe Seiai Church on July 23 (Sun.) at 5:00 p.m.
Both concerts can be booked through TIGET.