An octet from the Academy ST. Martin in the Fields will travel to Lanzarote this week to showcase the chamber work also performed by the prestigious British symphonic ensemble. Their visit to the island will be before the concerts scheduled by the 40th Canary Islands Music Festival in the auditoriums of Gran Canaria and Tenerife. In addition, they will perform a Baroque-Romantic repertoire that includes Bach's famous Musical Offering, among other works.
This concert in Lanzarote will take place on Thursday, February 1st at the El Salinero Theater in Lanzarote. Tickets will be available on the website of Festival de Canarias and at Ecoentradas.
This is a luxurious opportunity to enjoy the expertise of this London orchestra, considered one of the best chamber ensembles in the world, thanks to its brilliant performances.
The ensemble will also perform Brahms' Sextet No. 1, a work for strings that reflects, in a balanced and simultaneous way, Brahms' fascination with the violin and his delight in the expressive power of the accompanying instruments.
A few years before this work, a reference point for Romantic chamber music, in the early days of musical Romanticism, Mendelssohn composed his Octet for strings, a piece that completes this program. A score finished when the German musician was 16 years old, being one of his best early works.
More information about the program at www.festivaldecanarias.com
