Brandenburg Concertos 7-12
Six new Brandenburg concerts
Concerto Copenhagen musicians present six new "Brandenburg Concertos" based on Bach's own music
Johann Sebastian Bach composed his six Brandenburg Concertos BWV 1046-1051 around 1720 as a gift to the Margrave of Brandenburg. As far as we know, the Brandenburg Concertos were never performed by Bach himself, but Bach took parts of the music and reused it in other contexts - including as instrumental movements in cantatas.
A similar story applies to Bach's six trio sonatas for organ BWV 525-530, written in the late 1720s in Leipzig. Many of the movements are recycled from previously composed music. Music for other contexts and instruments but rewritten and adapted for organ.
Inspired by J. S. Bach's own frequent reuse and rewrites, oboist Antoine Torunczyk - in close collaboration with Concerto Copenhagen's musicians - has orchestrated Bach's six organ trio sonatas using the Brandenburg Concertos as a model.
In working on the new "Brandenburg Concertos", Antoine Torunczyk and the musicians have followed the originals in several ways: both Bach's use of a wide range of instruments - including several that are very rare today - and the way in which Bach varies and mixes instrumentation and function - solo and accompanying - have served as inspiration, and you will be able to hear obo da caccia, viola d'amore and violoncello da spalla, among others. The goal is that the original three-part music from the organ trio sonatas now appears bright, light and transparent with a wide color palette from the exotic baroque instruments.
Antoine Torunczyk and Concerto Copenhagen also hope that our new "Brandenburg Concertos" will appear both familiar and new at the same time. As something unmistakable and recognizable composed by Bach, but also fresh and new. In other words, it should remind you of something you haven't heard before. Whether it has succeeded is up to the individual listener!
Previous reviews of the original Brandenburg Concerts
"everything the heart could desire: earthiness and heavenly aspirations, simplicity and subtlety, calm and unpredictability. What a wealth!". - Classical, 2018
Six new Brandenburg concerts
Concerto Copenhagen musicians present six new "Brandenburg Concertos" based on Bach's own music
Johann Sebastian Bach composed his six Brandenburg Concertos BWV 1046-1051 around 1720 as a gift to the Margrave of Brandenburg. As far as we know, the Brandenburg Concertos were never performed by Bach himself, but Bach took parts of the music and reused it in other contexts - including as instrumental movements in cantatas.
A similar story applies to Bach's six trio sonatas for organ BWV 525-530, written in the late 1720s in Leipzig. Many of the movements are recycled from previously composed music. Music for other contexts and instruments but rewritten and adapted for organ.
Inspired by J. S. Bach's own frequent reuse and rewrites, oboist Antoine Torunczyk - in close collaboration with Concerto Copenhagen's musicians - has orchestrated Bach's six organ trio sonatas using the Brandenburg Concertos as a model.
In working on the new "Brandenburg Concertos", Antoine Torunczyk and the musicians have followed the originals in several ways: both Bach's use of a wide range of instruments - including several that are very rare today - and the way in which Bach varies and mixes instrumentation and function - solo and accompanying - have served as inspiration, and you will be able to hear obo da caccia, viola d'amore and violoncello da spalla, among others. The goal is that the original three-part music from the organ trio sonatas now appears bright, light and transparent with a wide color palette from the exotic baroque instruments.
Antoine Torunczyk and Concerto Copenhagen also hope that our new "Brandenburg Concertos" will appear both familiar and new at the same time. As something unmistakable and recognizable composed by Bach, but also fresh and new. In other words, it should remind you of something you haven't heard before. Whether it has succeeded is up to the individual listener!
Previous reviews of the original Brandenburg Concerts
"everything the heart could desire: earthiness and heavenly aspirations, simplicity and subtlety, calm and unpredictability. What a wealth!". - Classical, 2018
PROGRAM
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750):
Brandenburgkoncert nr. 8, efter BWV 526
Brandenburgkoncert nr. 9, efter BWV 527
Brandenburgkoncert nr. 7, efter BWV 525
-Pause-
Brandenburgkoncert nr. 11, efter BWV 529
Brandenburgkoncert nr. 10, efter BWV 528
Brandenburgkoncert nr. 12, efter BWV 530