BACH AKADEMIE AUSTRALIA PRESENTS THE BRANDENBURG CONCERTO AT THE JOAN, PENRITH AND THE ACO AT THE PIER

BACH AKADEMIE AUSTRALIA

The Brandenburg Concertos

Bach Akademie Australia

Madeleine Easton – Violin and Artistic Director

Compiled in 1721, and presented to the Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt in Berlin, the six Brandenburg Concertos were written for a diverse, demanding and sometimes daring combination of instruments and represent some of the most jubilant and joyful music of the 18th century. Not discovered until 100 years after Bach’s death, the works are now widely regarded as masterpieces in Western music and human civilisation, so much so that in 1977, the second concerto was sent into space on the Voyager Golden Record as a supreme example of human achievement. Experience the unbridled joy and musical energy of these works when Bach Akademie Australia presents all six concertos in one concert.