Principal Visitor Director Rachel Podger and Tafelmusik lately went on a tour of South Korea with a program they dubbed Bach and Baroque Brilliance. They’ll be performing a few of that music together with a brand new association of the beloved South Korean folks tune Arirang by Junghyun Kim in Toronto later this month.
Directed by Rachel Podger, the concert events will characteristic soloist Jihyun Again, Conventional Korean drum dancer, with performances from Jan. 31 to Feb. 2.
“In November of 2024, Tafelmusik carried out the Sensible Baroque program for extremely attentive and enthusiastic audiences in six packed homes throughout South Korea,” says Cristina Zacharias, Creative Co-Director in an announcement. “It’s particularly significant to carry the success of the tour house to our Toronto viewers. We’re additionally excited to welcome Jihyun Again to our stage to share mesmerizing conventional Korean drum dance.”
Korean-born Jihyun Again carried out as a toddler within the Little Angels Dance Firm. She studied dance on the Korean Seonhwa College of Arts, adopted by the Korean Seonhwa Excessive College of Arts. She earned her Bachelor’s Diploma in Dance from Sangmyung College, and went on to carry out in knowledgeable firm for 5 years.
Based mostly now in Toronto, she works as an impartial dancer/choreographer, and dance educator.
The Music
The Sensible Baroque program opens with music from Rachel Podger’s native England, together with items by Handel, Purcell, and Charles Avison.
Tafelmusik can even carry out an orchestral suite by the Bohemian composer Antonín Reichenauer (1696 – 1730), a chunk that’s new to the ensemble’s repertoire.
Podger would be the soloist for J.S. Bach’s Violin Concerto in A Minor.
The finale comes within the type of a musical present arising from its South Korean tour. Arirang is a Korean folks tune, one with about 3,600 variations and greater than 600 years of historical past. It’s included on the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage listing twice. It has come to be thought of as Korea’s unofficial anthem.
Tafelmusik will premiere a brand new association of the tune by younger Korean composer Junghyun Kim. Junghyun Kim earned a BMus on the Yeung nam College, Conservatory of Music in his native Daegu, South Korea, adopted by a MMus on the State College of New York, Buy School. He’s identified for his chamber and orchestral works, together with compositions for movie.
The association, titled Maeari-Rang, was created particularly for Tafelmusik’s tour, and garnered a heartfelt response from audiences in Korea.
“It’s a story of people that undergo tunnels of feelings — with messiness, disappointment, and a bit of pleasure and humour — to succeed in the sunshine on the finish,” says Kim.
- Tafelmusik will carry out Sensible Baroque Jan. 31, Feb 1, and Feb 2; particulars [HERE].
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