JOHN BUTT AT THE HARPSICHORD AND ORGAN

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Preludes and Fugues from Book I of The Well-Tempered Clavier (selection: BWV 847, 848, 860, 861, 867, 869)
Sonata for Cello and Harpsichord in D Major, BWV 1028
Sonata for Violin and Harpsichord No. 2 in A Major, BWV 1015
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART Andante in F Major, K. 616
CÉSAR FRANCK Chorale No. 2 in B Minor
MARCEL DUPRÉ Symphony No. 2, Op. 26

John Butt harpsichord, organ
Martin Pavlík violin
Lukáš Polák cello

The British organist, harpsichordist, conductor and musicologist John Butt is the Music Director of the Dunedin Consort, and Principal Artist of the legendary Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. He appeared with this orchestra at the Moravian Autumn festival in October 2025, captivating Brno audiences with a thrilling performance of Solomon. As both a performer and scholar, Butt specialises in seventeenth and eighteenth-century music, with particular focus on Johann Sebastian Bach. His interests extend far beyond Bach, however, as this recital programme will show. In the first half of the evening he will perform at the harpsichord, while in the second half he will take his place at the organ. For Bach’s sonatas, he will be joined by our very own Lukáš Polák and Martin Pavlík.