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This performance is available as a part of a Pinchgut Opera Subscription from 9AM Tuesday 23 September. Standard tickets go on sale at 9AM on Monday 27 October.


Experience dazzling virtuosity as Erin Helyard and the Orchestra of the Antipodes illuminate Bach’s brilliant concertos and Telemann’s rare five-part sonatas. Performed with breathtaking intensity and elegance, this unforgettable concert celebrates the genius of two Baroque masters and the artistry of Australia’s finest period musicians in an immersive musical journey.

Part one of Pinchgut’s two-part Bach and Telemann celebration, this specially curated program is an immersive journey into Baroque brilliance. Experience the refined elegance and dazzling virtuosity of Bach’s famous concertos and Telemann’s rare five-part sonatas, brought vividly to life by Erin Helyard and the indomitable Orchestra of the Antipodes.

With quiet intensity and expressive clarity, these works reveal the contrasting genius of two of the era’s most revered composers — intimate yet expansive, precise yet full of emotional depth. This is a celebration of friendship, form, and the eloquence of pure sound.

  • Georg Philipp Telemann
    Sonata à 4 in A major (TWV 40:200)
    Georg Philipp Telemann
    Sonata à 5 in E minor (TWV 44:5)
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Violin Concerto in A minor (BWV 1041)
    Georg Philipp Telemann
    Sonata à 5 in G minor (TWV 44:33)
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Harpsichord Concerto in D minor (BWV 1052)
    Georg Phillip Telemann
    Sonata à 5 in B-flat major (TWV 44:34)

  • Erin Helyard
    Conductor and harpsichord soloist
    Matthew Greco
    Violin soloist
    Orchestra of the Antipodes