Concora & Baroklyn, featuring Simone Dinnerstein

Fresh off the release of their first professional recording, Simone Dinnerstein’s chamber ensemble Baroklyn joins Connecticut-based professional choir CONCORA in a program that includes music from the recording as well as the choral cantata Es ist das Heil uns kommen her (BWV9). This work focuses on the Lutheran theme of salvation; “Salvation now has come for all” became a theme amongst authors and composers. Baroklyn is also joined by mezzo-soprano Jennifer Johnson Cano for the exquisite solo cantata Vergnügte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust (BWV 170).

Dinnerstein leads from the keyboard providing a rare opportunity to hear the piano as a continuo instrument, just as Mendelssohn did in his own performances of Bach’s choral works. The evening features Dinnerstein’s performance of Bach’s Concerto in E Major (BWV1053) with Baroklyn, as well as a number of arrangements of chorale-preludes included in their debut recording. CONCORA joins the ensemble in several other chorale-preludes from Bach’s cantatas.