Name: Paris (FR): Ton Koopman - Paris Chamber Orchestra
Start: 2024-04-25T20:00:00
Location: Théâtre des Champs-Elysées

Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir

With Johann Sebastian Bach and Georg Friedrich Handel, the baroque orchestra displays its rich palette of colors. Dated 1721, the Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 (so titled because of its dedication to the Margrave of Brandenburg) gives pride of place to the horns, while the Overture No. 1, rich in three trumpets, three oboes and a pair of timpani, is inspired by the splendor of Versailles. It was also towards France and its dances that Handel looked in 1717, when he composed his famous Music for the royal fireworks at the request of King George II: on April 27, 1749, a grandiose spectacle was offered to Londoners to celebrate the signing of the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle. But in the first three movements of Brandenburg No. 1, we also perceive the Italian model that Carl Philipp Emanuel, the second son of John Sebastian, would assimilate. This is evidenced by his Symphony No. 4 of 1776, which already turned towards the classical style of the end of the century. 