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H Å KO N S H A L L E N
BE RGE N INTE RN AT I ON AL
FE STIVAL 2019
FOU N DAT I ON S
The Brandenburg Concertos
DAT E/ T I M E
with Concerto Copenhagen
Thursday 23 May
at 19:30
D U RAT IO N
1:50
including interval
AD D I T I O N A L
IN FO RM ATI O N
Introduction
(in Norwegian)
by Gunnar Danbolt
at 18:55 in
Håkonshallen
T IC KET
Standard: 500/530
Senior: 450/477
Under 30: 190
FiB Fordel: 400/424
BT Fordel: 375/397
​ he most famous job application of
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the Baroque era.
The Brandenburg Concertos are six concerti
grossi composed by Johann Sebastian Bach
over a period of four years. During a visit to
Berlin, Bach performed for Christian Ludwig,
Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt, who asked
to receive some of his compositions. Three
years later Bach sent the six concertos along
with a letter requesting employment. It is not
known whether Bach received a reply, but his
job application has gone down in history as
some of the most greatly loved music of the
period.
The members of Concerto Copenhagen are
all elite musicians who are thoroughly familiar
with early music and have a burning desire
to express this music as vital, relevant and
contemporary. Artistic director Lars Ulrik
Mortensen, formerly professor in harpsichord
in Munich, has received the Léonie Sonning
Music Prize, recognized as Denmark's highest
musical honour.
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‘Concerto Copenhagen’s Brandenburg
Concertos contain all the heart can desire:
grounding and striving for heaven, simplicity
and subtlety, tranquillity and unpredictability
… what riches!’
– KLASSISK
Concerto Copenhagen
Lars Ulrik Mortensen conductor, harpsichord
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685–1750)
Brandenburg Concertos
No. 3 in G major, BWV 1048
No. 4 in G major, BWV 1049
No. 2 in F major, BWV 1047
No. 5 in D major, BWV 1050
No. 6 in B flat major, BWV 1051
No. 1 in F major, BWV 1046
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