Bach, Vivaldi & Namavar

The Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century is joining forces again with recorder player and singer Lucie Horsch. A special program about recorder and voice with works by J.S. Bach, Antonio Vivaldi and a brand new work by Reza Namavar. Old music in a new way; new music inspired by old masters.

Bach did not write any solo works for recorder, and yet the evening opens and closes with a concerto by the German grandmaster. The opening was arranged by founder of the Orchestra of the eighteenth century Frans Brüggen; Lucie Horsch arranged the final piece herself for her instrument. This is what Bach would have sounded like if he had composed for recorder!

Composer Reza Namavar has written a new work inspired by Vivaldi's double concerto in A minor especially for this programme. The double violin concerto becomes a violin recorder concerto.