Organization

Conductor

Lars Ulrik Mortensen

Concerto Copenhagen

Orchestra

Bach's overtures

Tromsø

Norway

Domkirke

Harstad

Kulturhus

Bodø

Stormen Konserthus

Public

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

Bachs orkestersuiter - når mindre er mere

Lars Ulrik Mortensen fortolker sammen med Concerto Copenhagen en af barokkens mest kendte værksamlinger som et slående eksempel på, at mindre kan være mere.



Orkestersuiter er ikke en betegnelse, der stammer fra Bach selv, da suiterne er blevet fremført både i andre og tidligere versioner. Trompeter, pauker og til dels oboer har Bach tilføjet langt senere, hvor musikken skulle fremstå i et større format. Denne viden åbner for helt nye fortolkninger af den ikoniske musik.



Concerto Copenhagen og Lars Ulrik Mortensen har længe arbejdet på en mere minimalistisk tilgang til suiterne, som spilles med 11 musikere, hvorved volumen, pomp og pragt erstattes med elegance, klarhed og gennemsigtig lethed i de dansante satser.

dansk

Bach’s Orchestral Suites – when less is more

Lars Ulrik Mortensen, together with Concerto Copenhagen, interpret one of the best-known collections of Baroque suites as a striking example of the dictum that less is more.



Orchestral suites is not the term Bach himself used when the suites were performed in other, earlier versions. He added trumpets, drums and partly oboes much later, when the music was to appear in a larger format. Knowledge of this fact opens up the potential for completely new interpretations of this iconic work.



Concerto Copenhagen and Lars Ulrik Mortensen have worked for a long time on a more minimalist approach to the suites, which are played here with 11 musicians, with volume, pomp and circumstance being replaced by elegance, clarity and transparent lightness in the dancing pieces. The result is a brilliant example of the dictum that less is more!

English

Bach's overtures by Bach, J. S., From (2023/2023), Conductor Lars Ulrik Mortensen, Stormen Konserthus, Bodø, Norway

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