Early Music Vancouver: The Complete Brandenburg Concertos 2 - Ensemble Les Boreades
Francis Colpron, music director; Les Boréades de Montréal; Mark Edwards, harpsichord
Date/Time: Jul 31 2019, 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm
Vancouver, Christ Church Cathedral690 Burrard St
P: (604) 682-3848
Tickets
Cost: $28.00
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Pre-concert talk at 6:45PM
This performance will include concertos No. 1, 3, and 5
The Six Brandenburg Concertos by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) are universally regarded as some of the greatest musical works ever written. Full of joy and almost unfathomable creative genius, Bach sent the scores to the Margrave of Brandenburg, Christian Ludwig, in Berlin on March 24, 1721 as a sort of audition portfolio.
Though Bach never heard back, the music was preserved in the Brandenburg archives. When rediscovered in the 19th century, they quickly became some of the most beloved and oft-played collections of orchestral music of all time. Join Montreal’s Ensemble Les Boreades for two performances of the complete concertos over two nights performed alongside lesser-known orchestral works from the Baroque era.
“The individual soloists are remarkable… a perfection of intonation, articulation and homogeneity.” – Répertoire Magazine (France)
Programme
Brandenburg Concertos – J. S. Bach
No. 1 in F major, BWV 1046
No. 3 in G major, BWV 1048
No. 5 in D major, BWV 1050
Harpsichord soloist Mark Edwards
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