Bach’s “5th & 6th Brandeburg Concertos” on the “Evening Concert”

Tonight at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s a  “Deutsche Welle Festival Concert” from Weisbaden with Bach’s “5th and 6th Brandenburg Concertos” played by the Swedish Chamber Orchestra. Also on the program two new works inspired by the Brandenburg Concertos by Uri Caine and Brett Dean. 

Thursday May 30: Deutsche Welle Festival Concerts 2018-19 (DWF 18-22)

Brandenburgs in the Rheingau

Fiona Kelly, flute; Antje Weithaas, violin; Mahan Esfahani, harpsichord; Mats Levin, cello and continuo

Uri Caine, piano; Tabea Zimmermann, viola; Brett Dean, viola

Swedish Chamber Orchestra; Thomas Dausgaard, conductor

Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D Major, BWV 1050

Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B-flat Major, BWV 1051

Uri Caine (b. 1956, USA): Hamsa for flute, violin, piano and strings

Brett Dean (b. 1961, Australia): Approach – Prelude to a Canon for two violas and orchestra