Brandenburg performs Brandenburgs: the ABO turns thirty

By Zoltán Szabó, 02 March 2019

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Reviewed at City Recital Hall, Sydney on 27 February 2019

Bach, Brandenburg Concerto no. 1 in F major, BWV1046

Bach, Brandenburg Concerto no. 3 in G major, BWV1048

Bach, Brandenburg Concerto no. 4 in G major, BWV1049

Bach, Brandenburg Concerto no. 5 in D major, BWV1050

Bach, Brandenburg Concerto no. 6 in B flat major, BWV1051

Australian Brandenburg Orchestra

Paul Dyer, Director

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Zoltán Szabó

Zoltán Szabó is a cellist and musicologist. Having migrated from his native Hungary to Australia in 1985, he worked with the Australian Chamber Orchestra in Sydney until 1991, when he became Principal Cello with Opera Australia. In 2017, he was awarded with a Doctor of Philosophy degree (PhD). Currently, he is teaching music history and musicology at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music.