A concert from the "Barbara Maria Willi presents…" series will take place online. Josef Špaček will appear as a guest artist

6 December 2020, 17:00
A concert from the

The Brno – City of Music portal in cooperation with the "Barbara Maria Willi presents ..." cycle will offer you the livestreaming of a concert from the Convent of the Merciful Brethren. Violin virtuoso and one of today’s most sought-after Czech artists, Josef Špaček, will appear as a guest performer. Together with Barbara Maria Willi, they will perform compositions by Bach, Biber and Corelli.

Due to the current pandemic situation, it is still not possible to attend concerts in person, which, however, does not mean that listeners will miss out on all musical experiences. Also thanks to the Brno – City of Music portal, you can watch the "Barbara Maria Willi presents ..." music cycle online. This non-traditional concert will take place on Wednesday, 9 December  2020, starting from 6.30 p.m. in the Convent of the Merciful Brethren. The evening's programme will feature, in addition to the works by Johann Sebastian Bach, Heinrich Biber and Arcangelo Corelli, also conversations between the two artists about music, their plans and Christmas time. You can watch the streaming on our Facebook pages. You will also have a unique opportunity to ask both artists questions that you can send in starting from today until the end of the broadcast. Please send your questions to klara@cema-music.com, and put BARBARA in the subject line of the e-mail. The concert takes place in cooperation with the Concentus Moraviae festival.

Josef Špaček / archive photo

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