Every one of the six concertos set a precedent in its scoring, and every one was to remain without parallel.” The Brandenburgs were largely forgotten after Bach’s death in 1750, save for a brief spurt ...
Brett Yang and Eddy Chen said when they started out, everyone was skeptical they could pull off live concerts blending comedy ...
The concert will highlight the intricate interplay between soloists in Bach’s “Concerto for Violin and Oboe in C Minor” and feature other works for strings and harpsichord. The musicians also will ...
In the last days of July he Finnish pianist Tuija Hakkila left behind the endless summer twilights of her own country for a few days of lower latitudes and earlier nightfalls in Upstate New York. At ...
It’s hard to imagine, but six concertos written in hopes of a job have become Johann Sebastian Bach’s most popular music. The Brandenburg Concertos, BWV 1046–1051, are a collection of six instrumental ...