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Brandstrup Breaking Bach with the OAE at Edinburgh International Festival

Breaking Bach
© Tommy Ga-Ken Wan
Breaking Bach
© Tommy Ga-Ken Wan
Breaking Bach
© Tommy Ga-Ken Wan
Breaking Bach
© Tommy Ga-Ken Wan
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“he found the major pieces too dense. Until, that is, he discovered hip hop…”
Reviewed at Usher Hall, Edinburgh on 20 August 2025
Programme to include:
Bach, Brandenburg Concerto no. 3 in G major, BWV1048
Bach, Double Violin Concerto in D minor, BWV1043
Kim Brandstrup, Choreography
Tommy Franzen, Dancer
Deavion Brown, Dancer
Enescu Festival immersion: Bach on the street, Klimt in the forest
****1
Immersive OAE submerged at Southbank’s Multitudes festival
**111
Mixed Mozart from the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
***11
John Butt and the OAE celebrate Handel's Solomon
*****
Enescu Festival immersion: Bach on the street, Klimt in the forest
****1
A strong new Figaro opens at Glyndebourne
****1
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