Name: Bach Orchestral Suites – Edinburgh International Festival
Start: 2023-08-12T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2023-08-12T00:00:00.000Z
Location: The Queen's Hall

Organization

Conductor

John Butt

Dunedin Consort

Others

Bach Orchestral Suites – Edinburgh International Festival

Edinburgh

United Kingdom

Edinburgh International Festival

The Queen's Hall

Public

Private

Orchestral Suite No. 1 in C major, BWV 1066

Orchestral Suite No.2 in B Minor

Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major BWV 1068

Orchestral Suite No.4 in D major, BWV 1069

Approved

The magnificent Orchestral Suites, known as Ouvertüren in German, form the final instalment in Dunedin Consort’s long-running Bach Masterworks series for Linn, a series lauded as ‘nothing short of sensational’ by Gramophone. The intricate counterpoint and extraordinary technical demands present an opportunity, throughout these four sets of stately French-style overtures and dances, to demonstrate the virtuosic skill present in an ensemble of Dunedin’s calibre.

The first two suites are scored for modest forces, yet the lightness and simplicity of touch conceals a complex musical language built on intimately interweaving parts. The third and fourth suites calls for trumpets, timpani, oboes, and a full complement of strings, thus making for a grand finale to Dunedin’s unrivalled Bach series. An insight into the ambition of this recording is offered in the title of the fourth suite’s final movement: for what better way to end the series than to fill listeners with immense ‘réjouissance’!

Dunedin Consort
John Butt, director

Bach Orchestral Suites – Edinburgh International Festival: Orchestral Suite No. 1 in C major, BWV 1066 Bach, J. S. (+3 More)

Hot on the heels of last year’s celebrated recording on Linn Records, Dunedin Consort presents all four of Bach’s magnificent Orchestral Suites in live performance at Edinburgh International Festival. Each suite is composed for a different line-up, each richer and more colourful than the last.

With intricate counterpoint, extraordinary technical demands and a joyously varied set of stately French- style overtures and dances, these are Bach’s orchestral masterpieces, the perfect showcase for Dunedin Consort’s world-leading instrumentalists.

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