Artist Management company Only Stage has launched its highly anticipated Digital Season – All About Bach! Festival, running January 8th – March 5th 2021. The festival began with a performance by the world-renowned violinist Charlie Siem, who will also be closing the festival on March 5th.
The Digital Season from Only Stage is a series of free concerts where artists will perform an array of classic pieces from Bach's repertoire, using technology and social media to stream to devices world-wide. The line up includes eleven soloists over nine concerts, taking place once a week. These concerts can be accessed via the Only Stage Facebook page, Instagram and Youtube channel
Due to the ongoing pandemic, Only Stage has, like many, had to adapt the way it works with musicians and through this need for creativity, the Digital Season was born. Not only does this provide Only Stage with a new way of working with artists, it also provides the artists and their guests with a platform to showcase their creativity for a new online audience, helping bring people together through the power of music.
9 streaming concerts on Youtube, Instagram and Facebook, all at 17.30 GMT
January 8th
Charlie Siem violin
J.S. Bach Violin Partita No 3 in E major (BWV 1006) | Chaconne from Violin Partita No 2 in D minor (BWV 1004)
January 15th
Luca Franzetti cello
J.S. Bach Cello Suite No 2 in D minor (BWV 1008) | Cello Suite No 3 in C major (BWV 1009)
January 22nd
Jan Bartos piano
J.S. Bach Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue in D minor (BWV 903) | French Suite No 6 in E major (BWV 817)
January 29th
Massimo Mercelli flute | Nicoletta Sanzin harp
J.S. Bach, Sonata in G minor (BWV 1020) | C.P.E. Bach, Hamburger Sonate in G major | J.S. Bach, Sonata in E flat major (BWV 1031)
February 5th
Maxim Rysanov viola | Guest artist Barnabas Kelemen violin
J.S. Bach, Cello Suite No 1 (BWV 1007, arrangement)
Selection of inventions for violin and viola
February 12th
Gabriel Prokofiev electronics
J.S. Bach, The Musical Offering (BWV 1079, arrangement)
February 19th
Boris Andrianov cello | Guest artist Dmitry Illarionov guitar
J.S. Bach, Cello Suite No 5 (BWV 1011, arrangement)
February 26th
Oliver Poole piano
J.S. Bach, Goldberg Variations (BWV 988)
March 5th
Charlie Siem violin