The 2025 holiday season is not complete without the joy and sparkle of J.S. Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos. These impressive pieces helped to define instrumental music, and they are full of stunning streams of notes and memorable melodies. With these concertos, the incomparable musicians of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center create a celebratory atmosphere that will carry you through the holidays.
ARTISTS
MIKA SASAKI, harpsichord FRANCISCO FULLANA, violin
BELLA HRISTOVA, violin DANIEL PHILLIPS, violin
TIEN-HSIN CINDY WU, violin/viola MATTHEW LIPMAN, viola
PAUL NEUBAUER, viola DMITRI ATAPINE, cello
NICHOLAS CANELLAKIS, cello STERLING ELLIOTT, cello
NINA BERNAT, double bass SOOYUN KIM, flute
TARA HELEN O’CONNOR, flute RANDALL ELLIS, oboe
JAMES AUSTIN SMITH, oboe STEPHEN TAYLOR, oboe
MARC GOLDBERG, bassoon STEWART ROSE, horn
TANNER WEST, horn DAVID WASHBURN, trumpet
Brandenburg Concertos
The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685 – 1750)
in G major, BWV 1048 (c. 1720)
[Allegro]—Adagio
Allegro
Phillips, Fullana, Hristova, Neubauer, Wu, Lipman, Canellakis, Elliott, Atapine, Bernat, Sasaki
Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 BACH (1685 – 1750)
in F major, BWV 1046 (c. 1720)
[Allegro]
Adagio
Allegro
Menuet—Trio—Polonaise
Phillips, Hristova, Fullana, Neubauer, Elliott, Bernat, Smith, Ellis, Taylor, Goldberg, Rose, West, Sasaki
Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 BACH (1685 – 1750)
in F major, BWV 1047 (c. 1720)
[Allegro]
Andante
Allegro assai
Wu, O’Conor, Smith, Washburn, Fullana, Phillips, Lipman, Atapine, Bernat, Goldberg, Sasaki
INTERMISSION
Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 BACH (1685 – 1750)
in D major, BWV 1050 (c. 1720)
Allegro
Affettuoso
Allegro
Fullana, Kim, Hristova, Neubauer, Canellakis, Bernat, Sasaki
Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 BACH (1685 – 1750)
in B-flat major, BWV 1051 (c. 1720)
[Allegro]
Adagio ma non tanto
Allegro
Lipman, Wu, Elliott, Atapine, Canellakis, Bernat, Sasaki
Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 BACH (1685 – 1750)
in G major, BWV 1049 (c. 1720)
Allegro
Andante
Presto
Hristova, O’Connor, Kim, Wu, D. Phillips, Neubauer, Atapine, Bernat, Sasaki