ONLINE TRANSMISSION MARCH 19 - 9 pm
São Carlos National Theater - Salão Nobre

Chamber Concert
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH

Brandeburgish Concert No. 4 in G Major BWV 1049
Brandeburgish Concert No. 5 in D Major BWV 1050
Brandeburgish Concert No. 6 in B flat Major BWV 1051

Pedro Saglimbeni Muñoz, Viola
Ceciliu Isfan, Viola
Irene Lima, Cello
Anabela Malarranha, Flute
Rui Matos, Flute
José Carlos Araújo, Cravo
Ana Pereira, Violin and Musical Direction
Portuguese Symphony Orchestra

Full presentation of the series of Brandeburgish Concerts (BWV 1046-1051) by Johann Sebastian Bach, an essential milestone in the history of Western music. Composed between 1718 and 1721.

Concerto nº 4 in Sol Maior is considered one of the most modern in terms of its conception, as it points to a model that will only be fully in vogue in the gallant period that followed the Baroque. The violin assumes here strikingly virtuous features.

In Concert no. 5 in D Maior the harpsichord faces passages of impressive difficulty in the first movement. It is thought that the work may have been written in 1719 to present a new instrument brought from Berlin to Köthen's court by Bach himself. Others suggest that it was written for a competition in Dresden between the French composer and organist Louis Marchand, as in the central tempo Bach uses a theme from the latter. Some scholars consider this work as the first great example of a concert with a soloist of keys.

Concerto nº 6 in B flat major, the last of the series, was written for an unusual combination of stringed instruments: it does not use violins and solo instruments (two violas from braccio and a cello), as well as accompanying instruments (two violas da gamba and one harpsichord), are uncommon in the composer's production. Work that closes in a golden key this impressive ensemble in which the great dominance of polyphony on the part of the great Kantor is evident.