Brandenburg Concertos

Performance Run Time: Approximately 1 hour and 55 minutes, including intermission. Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos stand at the pinnacle of Baroque musical art. His addictive melodic ideas, his consummate contrapuntal technique, and his instrumental ingenuity combine in works that have gained true musical immortality. These six masterpieces unfailingly provide spiritual fulfillment for music lovers of all faiths and beliefs, inspiring strength at year’s end and a vision of the brightest future. Now a special Harris Theater holiday tradition, the performance features the complete Brandenburg Concertos — with the incomparable musicians of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center sharing the works in a different order each year for audiences to hear them anew. Program: Bach | Brandenburg Concertos (1720) Performing Artists: Paolo Bordignon, harpsichord Aaron Boyd, violin Stella Chen, violin Julian Rhee, violin Arnaud Sussmann, violin/viola Paul Neubauer, viola Milena Pájaro-Van de Stadt, viola Edward Arron, cello Mihai Marica, cello Jonathan Swensen, cello Anthony Manzo, double bass Demarre McGill, flute Tara Helen O'Connor, flute Randall Ellis, oboe Stephen Taylor, oboe Juri Vallentin, oboe Jake Thonis, bassoon Jennifer Montone, horn Eric Reed, horn Caleb Hudson, trumpet About Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center (CMS) is one of eleven resident companies of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, the largest performing arts complex in the world. The vision for CMS emerged in 1965, when the distinguished American composer and then-President of Lincoln Center, William Schuman, conceived of an institution dedicated to chamber music, housed in its own specially designed recital hall. CMS is part of a distinguished community of resident companies at Lincoln Center, including The Metropolitan Opera, the New York Philharmonic, and the New York City Ballet. Under the artistic guidance of Charles Wadsworth, and through the patronage and inspiring leadership of Alice Tully, the plan came to fruition. On September 11, 1969, Alice Tully Hall opened with the first performance of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, inaugurating a new era for chamber music in the United States. Since that time, CMS has grown remarkably in scope and stature, to become the world’s largest international chamber music producing and presenting organization. Under the leadership of Co-Artistic Directors David Finckel and Wu Han since 2004, CMS now comprises a multi-generational and international roster of over 140 of the finest chamber musicians. CMS presents chamber music of every instrumentation, style, and period, reaching a global audience of over65,000 each year with more than 150 performances and education programs in New York and on tour worldwide. CMS is committed to broadening public engagement with chamber music through its robust in person education programs and expansive educational media initiatives, including almost 2,000videos and an in-depth about the music resource, available on its website for free. Over its history, CMS has commissioned more than 200 new works from leading composers. The Bowers Program, CMS’s rigorous three-season residency for outstanding early-career musicians, is widely recognized as the most distinguished young-artist program in the field, offering unparalleled mentorship and performance opportunities to the future leaders of the artform.