BACH Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major, BWV 1050 Concerto for Oboe
d'amore in A major, BWV 1055 Trio Sonata from The Musical Offering,
BWV 1079 Cantata for Solo Soprano, BWV 199 Pioneers of
period-instrument performance in their home country, the Bach
Collegium Japan, a Baroque chamber orchestra and choir led by esteemed
conductor and keyboardist Masaaki Suzuki, is celebrated
internationally for superb musicianship and a clear, captivating
interpretive style. For its return to Berkeley, the ensemble plays a
diverse program of works by its namesake. "I have never heard period
instruments played with such purity of tone, so reliably in tune. The
small, precise, dramatically alert chorus breathed fire but also
revealed a heartbreaking tenderness" (Los Angeles Times).
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