THE BACH SERIES
CHAMBER MUSIC • CONCERTOS • VOCAL • STAGED
“One clearly senses the experience of Ensemble Diderot, which presents Bach as an innovator at the height of his compositional mastery.”
FONO FORUM
BACH IN TRANSLATION
From Italian models to German mastery
Ensemble Diderot explores Bach’s connections to Berlin and the Prussian court, where Italian concertos and his own transcriptions became a laboratory for virtuosic and expressive writing. Alongside works by Johann Friedrich Fasch and Wilhelmine of Bayreuth, the program illuminates the artistic networks and historical currents that shaped Bach’s concertos and culminated in his Musical Offering.
Antonio Vivaldi (1678–1741)
Violin concerto Op. 3 N. 3 in G Major « L’Estro Armonico », RV 310
Prinz Johann Ernst von Sachsen-Weimar (1696–1715)
Violin concerto N 1 in B-flat Major
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
Concerto for violin and oboe in C Minor, BWV 1060
Violin concerto in E Major, BWV 1042​
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Johann Friedrich Fasch (1688–1758)
Concerto à 6 in D Minor, FWV L:d4
Johann Sebastian Bach
Violin concerto in A Minor, BWV 1041
Concerto for two violins in D Minor, BWV 1043
Wilhelmine von Bayreuth (1709–1758)
Harpsichord concerto in G Minor
Firm roots - fresh ideas
BACH BEYOND BORDERS
When teaching his gifted pupil Johann Gottlieb Goldberg, Bach likely drew on the same organ trios that had shaped his own sons. The trio sonata, a pinnacle of chamber music and a test of compositional skill, lies at the heart of Ensemble Diderot’s repertoire. Tirelessly exploring archives, the ensemble reveals a vivid portrait of the chamber music scene of Bach and his circle - rooted in tradition yet open to new ideas and influences.
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
Trio Sonata in C Major, BWV 529
Jean-Marie Leclair (1697–1764)
Trio Sonata in D Minor, Op. 4. N. 3
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Johann Gottlieb Goldberg (1727–1756)
Trio Sonata in C Major (attrib. Bach, BWV 1037)
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François Couperin (1668–1733)
Trio Sonata in D Minor “La Convalescente”
Antonio Vivaldi (1678–1741)
Trio Sonata for violin and cello in G Major, RV 820
George Frederic Handel (1685–1759)
Trio Sonata in F Major, HWV 392
Antonio Vivaldi
Trio Sonata in D Minor, Op. 1, N. 12 “La Folia”
REVOLUTION
Bach's sonatas for violin and harpsichord in a new context
Johannes Pramsohler & Philippe Grisvard
Bach is often perceived as the last composer of the Baroque, as the one who gathered all the ideas of this style and managed to establish a synthesis of the whole era that preceded him. This view, however, tends to mask the modernity and the extremely innovative aspect of his music, which is instantly apparent in his six sonatas for violin and harpsichord. «The dream team» (Early Music Review) of Philippe Grisvard and Johannes Pramsohler has explored the repercussions of this visionary genre in Bach’s entourage and among his French contemporaries. For this programme, they present an anthology of the most outstanding works.
Johann Sebastian Bach, Six sonatas BWV 1014-1019
Carl Philip Emmanuel Bach, Sonata in B Minor
Johann Gottlieb Graun, Sonata in G Major
Jean-Joseph Cassanéa de Mondonville
Louis-Gabriel Guillemain
Jacuqes Duphly
"The Bach Series"
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