The beauty of baroque

Dimmed lights, theatre seats and enchanting classical music. There’s nothing quite like a real live, in-person concert after months of online performances at home. After a four-month absence of live performances in Nicosia, the Cyprus Symphony Orchestra returns to Pallas Theatre in April to present a heartfelt tribute to its beloved violinist Krasen Penev, who recently passed away.

Presented on April 3, the concert’s programme comprises four beautiful masterpieces from the late baroque era from its foremost representatives JS Bach, GF Handel, A Vivaldi and Τ Albinoni, featuring six musicians of the CySO as soloists, directed by concertmaster Wolfgang Schroeder.

“Baroque music exalts man as part of society and the cosmos,” says the orchestra. “Ideals such as the expression of the whole spectrum of emotion, from deep pain to ecstatic joy, dance forms and a clear sense of proportions bestow on this music an incomparable aesthetic beauty and intensity that delights and moves the listener.” One evening, six soloists and four baroque masterpieces will come together to honour a fellow Orchestra musician in the way CySO knows best.

The Beauty of Baroque

Concert by the Cyprus Symphony Orchestra, in memory of Krasen Penev. April 3. Pallas Theatre, Nicosia. 8.30 pm. Information: 22-463144, www.cyso.org.cy