Christmas concert! At the Laeiszhalle! Where else? Brandenburg an der Havel is really beautifully situated, but – for understandable reasons – cannot boast a comparable concert hall. That’s why the Symphoniker Hamburg is bringing Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 to Hamburg, with a brilliant ensemble led by Adrian Iliescu on the violin. Bach is known to have travelled to Hamburg in 1720 – a short trip around the world for the composer from Köthen, but also a very painful one: his first wife Maria Barbara had died suddenly just a few weeks earlier while he was in Carlsbad. The first of Bach’s »Concerts avec plusieurs instruments« from March 1721 may therefore be particularly poignant for the audience.
PERFORMERS
Symphoniker Hamburg orchestra
Adrian Iliescu violin and director
PROGRAM
Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F major, BWV 1046
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for Three Violins, Strings and Basso continuo in F major, RV 551
Antonín Dvoák
Serenade for String Orchestra in E major, Op. 22
