Facebook Livestream: May 4, 12:00p.m. ET

Guitarist John Marcel Williams presents a trio of works from the baroque, Romantic, and modern eras, each inspired by the music of other composers. J. S. Bach’s Concerto in D major draws directly from the composer’s Italian contemporary Antonio Vivaldi. Wenzel Matiegka, a contemporary of Beethoven and Schubert, borrowed from Franz Haydn to create an irresistible confection for solo guitar. The recital closes with Benjamin Britten’s Nocturnal after John Dowland. In this dreamlike and melancholy theme and variations, Britten pays homage to a key figure of the English Renaissance.

Program (subject to change)
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH Concerto in D major, BWV 972
WENZEL MATIEGKA Sonata in B minor, Op. 23
BENJAMIN BRITTEN Nocturnal after John Dowland, Op. 70

About Curtis recitals: Students perform solo and chamber works from locations around the globe in new performances available each week. Free registration is required via Curtis’s Performance Calendar and grants on-demand access to each recital.

Once you have received the watch link, you will have on-demand access to the performance through May.