Performance on 3 - 29/01/2009

Presented by Petroc Trelawny. Baroque music from Germany forms the focus of this concert given by the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, with violinist Rachel Podger at the helm. A Bach cantata is the centrepiece of the programme, which concludes with his Concerto in D for three violins. The companion works are by Telemann and Jan Dismas Zelenka, a composer who worked at the court in Dresden, and who was greatly admired by Bach. Vivaldi also features - in an arrangement by another Dresden-based composer, Pisendel. Rachel Nicholls (soprano) Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Rachel Podger (director/violin) Telemann: Overture in E minor (Tafelmusik) Vivaldi, attrib. Pisendel: Concerto in D for two violins, two oboes and bassoon, RV 564a Bach: Cantata No 51 (Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen) Zelenka: Hypocondrie Telemann: Cantata, Ertrage nur joch der Mangel (Harmonische Gottesdienst) Bach: Concerto in D for three violins (Concerto in C for three harpsichords, BWV 1064) Followed by a series featuring artists associated with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, including: Marin Marais: Les folies d'espagne Purcell Quartet.