The Brandenburg Concertos
Saturdays, 7:30pm to 9:30pm Sundays, 2:30pm to 4:30pm Saturday 15 November to Sunday 16 November
Saturday November 15, 7:30pm Sunday November 16, 2:30pm
In a stellar program of unbridled joy, Bach Akademie Australia will present J.S. Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos from Saturday 15 to Sunday 16 November, at The Neilson, ACO on the Pier.
In an extraordinary conclusion to their 2025 season, Bach Akademie Australia’s Artistic Director, Madeleine Easton, will lead 20 musicians in a 2-hour performance of all six Brandenburg Concertos at The Neilson concerts.
Six of the greatest works of the Baroque era, The Brandenburg Concertos were originally compiled in 1721 as an ambitious, yet unsuccessful, musical job application to Prussian military officer, the Margrave Christian Ludwig of Brandenburg-Schwedt. Jubilant and joyful, they call for a diverse and daring line-up of instruments, with combinations of horns, oboes, bassoon, trumpet, flutes and recorders, and a Baroque violin piccolo on display.