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‘The theme of this year’s Bach Weekend is Time Changes and was inspired by the central programme of the festival: The Six Brandenburg Concertos. The Brandenburgs are themselves a kind of time journey, with some concertos using 17th century instruments and others reinventing orchestration altogether.
‘From here the theme of time grew into programmes which extend the range of the festival into exciting new areas, including a 50 year celebration of the iconic Switched-On Bach album performed on Moog synthesisers, and a dramatic recreation, with music, of Douglas Adams’ wonderful Dirk Gently, an alternative reality where only time travel can rescue Bach’s masterpieces them oblivion.’
– Martin Feinstein, Festival Director
13–15 Apr
kingsplace.co.uk/bach
‘The theme of this year’s Bach Weekend is Time Changes and was inspired by the central programme of the festival: The Six Brandenburg Concertos. The Brandenburgs are themselves a kind of time journey, with some concertos using 17th century instruments and others reinventing orchestration altogether.
‘From here the theme of time grew into programmes which extend the range of the festival into exciting new areas, including a 50 year celebration of the iconic Switched-On Bach album performed on Moog synthesisers, and a dramatic recreation, with music, of Douglas Adams’ wonderful Dirk Gently, an alternative reality where only time travel can rescue Bach’s masterpieces them oblivion.’
– Martin Feinstein, Festival Director
13–15 Apr
kingsplace.co.uk/bach
