Australian Chamber Orchestra: Bach

JS Bach’s Double Violin Concerto is the glowing centrepiece of a Bach family reunion that celebrates this greatest of all musical dynasties.

It is justly one of Bach’s most beloved works. It has a Largo of heart-stopping beauty in which the two soloists weave around one another rapturously. The chance to hear Richard Tognetti and Principal Violin Helena Rathbone perform this timeless masterpiece is a gift beyond price. This reunion with JS’s forebears and children explores the vast span of genius comprised in one family, from ravishing arias to intricate orchestral works. The program closes with his famous son, Carl Philipp Emanuel, as our Principal Cello Timo-Veikko Valve performs his virtuosic and vivid Cello Concerto in A major. This is an unmissable concert that reveals why many believe JS Bach to be the greatest, and most enduring, composer, of all time.

Artists

Richard Tognetti director & Violin; Anna Dowsley mezzo-soprano; Helena Rathbone violin; Timo-Veikko Valve cello; Erin Helyard harpsichord & fortepiano; Australian Chamber Orchestra

Program

Johann Ludwig Bach Overture – Suite in G

Johann Sebastian Bach Sonata à 5 in F

Robert Schumann Six Fugues on B-A-C-H arr. for Strings

Johann Christian Bach
Meine Freundin, du bist schön: Ciaccona ‘Meine Freund is Mein’

Johann Sebastian Bach Cantata ‘Widerstehe doch der Sünde’, BWV54: Aria Widerstehe doch der Sünde’

Johann Sebastian Bach Concerto for Two Violins in D minor

Sofia Gubaidulina Reflections on B.A.C.H

Johann Sebastian Bach Ich habe genug

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Concerto No.12 in A K414

Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach Die Amerikanerin: ‘Mein Herz fleucht ihr Entgegen’

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Cello Concerto in A, Wq.172