Saturday, January 7, 7:30 PM
Johann Sebastian Bach was appointed Thomas Cantor in Leipzig in 1723 after the first two candidates declined the position. This concert features keyboard works by all three composers who were considered for this post that eventually went to J. S Bach as well as a Sonata by Johann Kuhnau, Bach’s predecessor in Leipzig.
Andrus Madsen - harpsichord.
Concerto nach Italienischen Gusto (the Italian Concerto) BWV 971 (1735) Johann Sebastian Bach
Martius from the Monatliche Clavier Früchte GWV 111 (1722) Christoph Graupner
Three Fantasies TWV 33:2,5,13 (1733) Georg Philipp Telemann
Hezekiah's sickness and restoration from the Biblical Sonatas (1700) Johann Kuhnau