Australian Bach Society: Bach at the Arcade

In the cultural melting-pot that is Melbourne, the Australian Bach Society will be celebrating Johann Sebastian’s birthday in the heritage shopping arcade Block Arcade, more specifically in The Dome with its brilliant acoustics. A number of performers will present Bach in both historical and new contexts. Hear Bach’s music on instruments ranging from 18^th century replicas to much newer and culturally diverse instruments, thus demonstrating the timelessness and diversity of Bach.

Program:

1pm Sammy Breve & Rod Tasker (Guitars)

Selections from the Two-Part Inventions (BWV 772-786)

1.20pm Meredith Beardmore (Flute)

Partita in A minor for solo flute (BWV 1013)
French Suite V (BWV 816)

1.40pm Lizzy Welsh (Violin) & Bronwen Whyatt (Cello)

Goldberg Variation (BWV 988)
Selections from Two-Part Inventions (BWV 772-786)

2pm Shaun Purkiss (Guitar)

Prelude from Cello Suite No.1 in G major (BWV 1007)
Prelude No.1 in C major from The Well-Tempered Clavier (BWV 846)
Improvisation and selections from Violin Partita No.1 in B minor (BWV 1002)
Gavotte 1 & 2 from Cello Suite No. 6 in D major (BWV 1012)

2.20pm Timothy Franklin (Saxophone)

Selections from Cello Suites (BWV 1007-1012)

2.40pm Matthew Horsley (Uileann Pipes)

Sarabande from Partita in A minor for solo flute (BWV 1013)
Variation 7 from the Goldberg Variations (BWV 988)
Kein Stündlein geht dahin (BWV 477)

Photo of The Dome copyright Block Arcade. Thank you for your kind permission.