Klaus Mäkelä Johann Sebastian Bach Thomas Adès Johannes Brahms
Date & Time
Fri, Nov 29, 2024, 19:00During his lifetime, Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) was legendary as an organist and as a cantor in the St. Thomas Church in Leipzig. From 1729, he also led the city’s Collegium Musicum, an ensemble that played every Friday at Café Zimmermann, Leipzig’s most famous coffee house.It might have been at such a Friday concert that Bach’s Orchestral Suite No. 3 was played for the first time. Such suites, with small pieces based on various dance forms, were incredibly popular at... Read full text
Keywords: Symphony Concert
Musicians
Klaus Mäkelä | Conductor |
Program
Orchestral Suite No. 3 | Johann Sebastian Bach |
Asyla | Thomas Adès |
Symphony No. 4 | Johannes Brahms |