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Brandenburgs old and new

Hannah French explores a new set of Brandenburg Concertos, based on JS Bach's organ trios, which have been recently recorded by Concerto Copenhagen.

Hannah French talks to oboist and arranger Antoine Torunczyk, Co founder of Concerto Copenhagen Lars Henriksson, and flautist Katy Bircher about a new set of Brandenburg Concertos. How do you go about honouring the original set, harnessing Bach’s own creative licence, and conjuring more dynamic chamber music just as Bach may well have done for the players in his Collegium Musicum? Antoine, Lars, and Katy reveal the inspiration and inner workings of their project recently recorded with Concerto Copenhagen.

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Music Played

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Organ Sonata No.1 in E flat, BWV.525 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Ton Koopman.
    • DG ARCHIV.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Organ Sonata No.1 in E flat, BWV.525 (Brandenburg Concerto No.7) (1st mvt)

    Music Arranger: Antoine Torunczyk. Orchestra: Concerto Copenhagen.
    • BERLIN CLASSICS.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto No 1 in F major, BWV 1046 (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Concerto Copenhagen. Conductor: Lars Ulrik Mortensen.
    • CPO.

  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Concerto for flute & recorder in E minor, TWV.52.e1 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Katy Bircher. Performer: Tabea Debus. Ensemble: La Serenissima. Director: Adrian Chandler.
    • SIGNUM CLASSICS.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Organ Sonata No.3 in D minor, BWV.527 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Ton Koopman.
    • Bach: Organ Works, Vol. 3 & 4 (At the Organ of Saint James' Church in Hamburg).
    • Warner Classics.
    • 8.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Organ Sonata No.3 in D minor, BWV.527 (Brandenburg Concerto No.9) (2nd & 3rd mvts)

    Music Arranger: Antoine Torunczyk. Orchestra: Concerto Copenhagen.
    • BERLIN CLASSICS.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cantata: "Wir danken dir, Gott, wir danken dir", BWV.29 (Sinfonia)

    Orchestra: Accademia Bizantina. Conductor: Ottavio Dantone.
    • Decca.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cantata: Die Himmel erzahlen die Here Gottes, BWV.76 (Part 2: Sinfonia) (excerpt)

    Choir: Amsterdam Baroque Choir. Ensemble: Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra. Ensemble: Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Ton Koopman. Conductor: Ton Koopman. Conductor: Ton Koopman. Conductor: Ton Koopman.
    • CHALLENGE CLASSICS.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Organ Sonata No.3 in D minor, BWV.527 (Brandenburg Concerto No.9) (2nd & 3rd mvts)

    Music Arranger: Antoine Torunczyk. Orchestra: Concerto Copenhagen.
    • BERLIN CLASSICS.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cantata: Ich liebe den Höchsten von ganzem Gemüte, BWV.174 (Sinfonia) (excerpt)

    Orchestra: Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Ton Koopman.
    • CHALLENGE CLASSICS.

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