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Bach Concertos
Rachel Podger violin; Brecon Baroque
Date
Sat 28 Sep 2019, 7.30pm
Duration
This concert will be approximately 2 hours in duration, including an interval
Availability

Artists

  • Rachel Podgerviolin
  • Brecon Baroque

    Programme

    • Johann Sebastian Bach
      1685-1750
        • Concerto in A minor for violin, strings and continuo BWV1041
        • Concerto in E for violin, strings and continuo BWV1042

    Interval

    • Johann Sebastian Bach
      1685-1750
        • Harpsichord Concerto in D minor BWV1052
        • Concerto in G minor for violin BWV1056R
          :
        • Concerto in G minor for violin BWV1056R reconstructed from Harpsichord Concerto No. 5 in F minor

    Encore

    Overview

    For practical as well as artistic purposes, Bach was a great arranger andtranscriber of his own music: the last two of this programme’s concertos,for instance, have come down to us as a work for harpsichord, and areheard here in a reconstruction of a lost original for violin.

    Wigmore Hall Podcasts
    Baroque violinist and orchestral director, Rachel Podger introduces her ensemble ‘Brecon Baroque’ and discusses her passion for Baroque music with BBC Radio 3 presenter, Sara Mohr-Pietsch.

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