No 155 A Fireworks Display of Virtuosity II

A fabulous music culture developed at the numerous princely courts of 18th-century Central Germany, borne by outstanding kapellmeisters, composers and instrumental soloists. At their concert this year in Leipzig, the Freiburger Barockorchester invites us on a musical tour of four courts, each of which will be characterised by virtuoso instrumental concertos. Our starting point is the court of Zerbst with kapellmeister Johann Friedrich Fasch; from there, we travel to Berlin with Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, then to Dresden with Johann David Heinichen and lastly to Köthen, where Johann Sebastian Bach led the orchestra.