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The Brandenburg Concertos On Tour in Wiltshire

Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire Music Centre

Wednesday 20 November 2024, 7pm

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Music

JS BACH
Brandenburg Concerto No. 2
Brandenburg Concerto No. 6

Brandenburg Concerto No. 3
Brandenburg Concerto No. 4
Soloists

Huw Daniel violin/director
Margaret Faultless violin/director
Rodolfo Richter violin/director
Oliver Wilson viola/director
Lisa Beznosiuk flute
Rachel Beckett recorder
Catherine Latham recorder
Leo Duarte oboe
David Blackadder trumpet

Price

£14 (for students and Under 18s) - £32

Bach's groundbreaking 'Concertos for several instruments' puts the collective virtuosity of the OAE in the spotlight for one last time in the final concert of our tour.

The Brandenburg Concertos present one of music’s great riddles. Bach sent them to Christian Ludwig, the Margrave of Brandenburg and brother of King Frederick I of Prussia, as a gift in 1721. For reasons unknown, he seems to have quietly filed them away after which they changed hands several times before being ‘lost’ until around 1850 when they were eventually published as a set.

It is music of endless inventiveness – from the intricate silken passage work for strings in Nos. 3 and 6 to the dazzling virtuosity of the trumpet in No. 2 – which demands a supergroup ensemble of virtuosos.

"Breathtaking in their instrumentation, counterpoint and orchestral texture."

Classical-Music.com

A student participating in an open workshop with violinist Matthew Truscott and other members of the OAE

Japanese conductor Masaaki Suzuki conducts the OAE with singer Florian Stortz

OAE musicians run a workshop in a school classroom

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