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Work: Brandenburg Concerto no. 6 in B flat major, BWV1051

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ComposerBach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)
PeriodBaroque
Work typeOrchestral
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LondonRidout / Clément / Lai / Lipman / Ringstad / Kovalev / Baillieu

Wigmore Hall
Bach, Benjamin, Bridge, Bowen, Tertis, Ravel, Moskowski, Kraggerud, Dale
Timothy Ridout; Hélène Clément; Ting-Ru Lai; Matthew Lipman

MadridBalthasar-Neumann-Orchester

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Balthasar-Neumann-Ensemble
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Bach Collegium Japan reveals the Brandenburg Concertos’ rich variety

Masato Suzuki © Marco Borggreve
Bach Collegium Japan brings rhythmic vitality and instrumental colour to the six Brandenburg Concertos in Dublin, with thrilling harpsichord virtuosity tempered by occasional intonation difficulties.
****1
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Bach Akademie Australia plays brilliant complete Brandenburg Concertos

Madeleine Easton and John Ma © Keith Saunders
Bach Akademie Australia, led by its founder Madeleine Easton, presents as good a performance of the complete Brandenburgs as anyone could be wished for.
*****
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Highly-charged performances of the Brandenburgs from Arcangelo

Arcangelo © Sophie Oliver
Arcangelo's dazzling creativity, superbly marshalled by the charismatic Jonathan Cohen, gives a gold medal performance of all six Brandenburg Concertos to launch the London Festival of Baroque Music.
*****
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Johann Sebastian Bach, portrait by Elias Gottlob Haussmann (1746) © Public domain
If Mozart and Beethoven are the Son and the Holy Ghost of classical music’s Holy Trinity, it is surely Johann Sebastian Bach who is the Father.