Bach | Arts Centre Melbourne

Performance dates & times

Sunday 19 Jun

2:30 PM

Running Time Approximately 2 hours (including interval)

Price range

Standard

$59.00 - $171.00

Concession

$59.00 - $151.00

Under 30

$39.00

Student

$25.00

Group 8+

$47.20 - $136.80

JS Bach’s Double Violin Concerto is the glowing centrepiece of a Bach family reunion that celebrates this greatest of all musical dynasties.

It is justly one of Bach’s most beloved works. It has a Largo of heart-stopping beauty in which the two soloists weave around one another rapturously. The chance to hear Richard Tognetti and Principal Violin Helena Rathbone perform this timeless masterpiece is a gift beyond price.

This reunion with JS’s forebears and children explores the vast span of genius comprised in one family, from ravishing arias to intricate orchestral works. The program closes with his famous son, Carl Philipp Emanuel, as our Principal Cello Timo-Veikko Valve performs his virtuosic and vivid Cello Concerto in A major. This is an unmissable concert that reveals why many believe JS Bach to be the greatest, and most enduring, composer of all time.

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Rating & accessibility

Accessibility

Assistive hearing
Companion Card
Wheelchair access

Cast & Credits

Artists

Australian Chamber Orchestra

Richard Tognetti

Director & Violin

Anna Dowsley

Mezzo-soprano

Helena Rathbone

Violin

Timo-Veikko Valve

Cello

Erin Helyard

Harpsichord & Fortepiano

Program

JL BACH

Suite in G major: Overture

H BACH

Sonata à 5 in F major

JC BACH

Meine Freundin, du bist schön: Ciaconna “Mein Freund is Mein”

JS BACH

Concerto for Two Violins in D minor

BWV1043 JS BACH

Cantata “Widerstehe doch der Sünde”

BWV54

“Widerstehe doch der Sünde”

JS BACH

Cantata “Ich habe genug”

BWV82

“Schlummert ein, ihr matten Augen”

MOZART

(after JC BACH) Piano Concerto No.12 in A major, K.414: II. Andante

JCF BACH

Sinfonia in D minor: I. Allegro

JCF BACH

Die Amerikanerin: “Mein Herz fleucht ihr entgegen”

CPE BACH

Cello Concerto in A major, Wq.172