Il Giardino Armonico

Il Giardino Armonico | Giovanni Antonini, director

PROGRAMME

J.S. Bach: Brandenburg Concert n. 1 in F major, BWV 1046 / G.F. Händel: Concerto grosso n. 4 in F major, op. 6 / J.S. Bach: Brandenburg Concert n. 5 in D major, BWV 1050 / Brandenburg Concert n. 3 in G major, BWV 1048

Il Giardino Armonico will today perform three of Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos, a series of works composed in 1721 that constitute one of the high points in Baroque music and in instrumental music in general. The works were commissioned by Christian Ludwig, Margrave of Brandenburg, and are among the best known and most frequently performed works in the baroque repertoire. The concert will also include one of Handel’s Concerti Grossi (the Italian concerto format which also inspired Bach).