Bach

JS Bach’s Double Violin Concerto is the glowing centrepiece of a Bach family reunion that celebrates this greatest of all musical dynasties. It is justly one of Bach’s most beloved works. It has a Largo of heart-stopping beauty in which the two soloists weave around one another rapturously. The chance to hear Richard Tognetti and Principal Violin Helena Rathbone perform this timeless masterpiece is a gift beyond price.

This reunion with JS’s forebears and children explores the vast span of genius comprised in one family, from ravishing arias to intricate orchestral works. The program closes with his famous son, Carl Philipp Emanuel, as our Principal Cello Timo-Veikko Valve performs his virtuosic and vivid Cello Concerto in A major.

This is an unmissable concert that reveals why many believe JS Bach to be the greatest, and most enduring, composer of all time.

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• Program

  JL Bach

  Suite in G major: Overture

  H Bach

   Sonata à 5 in F major

  JC Bach 

  Meine Freundin, du bist schön: Ciaconna “Mein Freund ist Mein”

  JS Bach 

  Concerto for Two Violins in D minor, BWV1043

  JS Bach

  Cantata “Widerstehe doch der Sünde” BWV54: “Widerstehe doch der Sünde”

  JS Bach

  Cantata “Ich habe genug”, BWV82: “Schlummert ein, ihr matten Augen”

  Mozart (after JC Bach)

  Piano Concerto No.12 in A major, K.414: II. Andante

  JCF Bach 

  Sinfonia in D minor: I. Allegro 

  JCF Bach 

  Die Amerikanerin: “Mein Herz fleucht ihr entgegen”

  CPE Bach 

  Cello Concerto in A major, Wq.172

• Artists

  Richard Tognetti 

  Director and violin 

  Anna Dowsley 

  Mezzo-soprano

  Helena Rathbone 

  Violin 

  Timo-Veikko Valve 

  Cello 

  Erin Helyard 

  Harpsichord and fortepiano 

  Australian Chamber Orchestra