One of the most recognized and popular works in baroque music, J. S. Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos encapsulate all the qualities that affirm his brilliance as a composer. Creativity, originality, and boldness are on display in these groundbreaking concertos whose novel combinations of solo instruments create a kaleidoscope of textures.
Tafelmusik’s JUNO Award-winning1995 recording of the Brandenburgs was described by NPR as “lucid and refreshingly pure, like water drawn from a cool, clear stream.”
More than 30 years later, Principal Guest Director Rachel Podger and Tafelmusik invite audiences to revisit four of these seminal works—concertos 1, 2, 3 & 4—with newfound curiosity. Known as a musician who plays Bach “with an explorative sense of excited discovery” (BBC Music Magazine), Podger takes centre stage in the Fourth Concerto, with its extremely virtuosic demands of the violin soloist.
Completing the program is Bach’s remarkable organ Prelude and Fugue in E-Flat, “St. Anne,” in a newly commissioned arrangement for orchestra.
Running Time: 120 minutes
Style of Music: Baroque orchestral
Jeanne Lamon Hall, Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre
427 Bloor Street West Toronto, ON M5S 1X7
