Rosetta Music Society Presentation

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Start: November 5, 2009 - 7:30pm

Historic LoDo: In 1747, Johann Sebastian Bach visited his son Carl Philip Emmanuel, Court Composer to the Prussian ruler, Frederick the Great. While there, Frederick summoned him to court and challenged him to improvise a fugue on a theme contrived by Frederick himself. Bach’s response became the basis of what we now know as A Musical Offering. Was the “King’s Theme” a playful challenge, or was it perhaps a pernicious attack? Author James R. Gaines addresses this question in his book, Evening in the Palace of Reason ($13.95 HarperPerennial), but understanding the music takes more than is explained in the book. Come hear excerpts from this masterpiece, and participate in an interactive discussion with Scott O’Neil, Music Director of the Rosetta Music Society and Associate Conductor of the Colorado Symphony, about an unparalleled historical event and the masterpiece that it spawned.
Visit the Rosetta Music Society’s website and visit HaperPrernnial’s website for a Reading Guide to Evening in the Palace of Reason.

Location:

Tattered Cover Book Store Historic LoDo
1628 16th St.
Denver, Colorado 80202

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