Incantati
Counting The Hours
J S Bach's Goldberg Variations with other music of nighttime
Satoko Doi-Luck (harpsichord), Petra Samhaber-Eckhardt (violin), Rachel Stott (viola d'amore), Ibrahim Aziz (viola da gamba)
The programme includes some medieval canons by John Dunstable, Guillaume de Machaut, Niccolo da Perugia and Anonymous, which follow the same format as the Bach canons – two canonic voices over a free bass – but each has a different 'twist' to the canonic concept, just as each of Bach's canonic Variations is at a different interval.
Counting the Hours also includes 'music of nighttime' from Leoš Janáček's set of piano pieces On the Overgrown Path: The Little Owl Continues Screeching, So Unutterably Anxious, and Good Night. Bizarre as the inclusion of Janáček arrangements in a programme of Bach might seem, it does have a rationale, since Janáček was a keen composer for viola d'amore.
Book your seat for the studio audience, or book a ticket to join the high-quality online broadcast at your convenience.
Sands Films Music Room
Thu, 29 January 2026
Sands Films Music Room, London
8:00pm
Pay what you can (from £13.12)
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Ever experienced a sleepless night? Incantati present JS Bach's miraculously crafted Goldberg canons as a soothing balm to our nocturnal qualms in the context of canons from the Middle Ages through to Bach's time.
The programme includes some medieval canons by John Dunstable, Guillaume de Machaut, Niccolo da Perugia and Anonymous, which follow the same format as the Bach canons – two canonic voices over a free bass – but each has a different 'twist' to the canonic concept, just as each of Bach's canonic Variations is at a different interval.
Counting the Hours also includes 'music of nighttime' from Leoš Janáček's set of piano pieces On the Overgrown Path: The Little Owl Continues Screeching, So Unutterably Anxious, and Good Night. Bizarre as the inclusion of Janáček arrangements in a programme of Bach might seem, it does have a rationale, since Janáček was a keen composer for viola d'amore.
Book your seat for the studio audience, or book a ticket to join the high-quality online broadcast at your convenience.
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Location
Sands Films Music Room, London
82 St Marychurch Street, Rotherhithe, London SE14 5XB