Bach Collegium Japan

BACH
Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major, BWV 1050
Concerto for Oboe d'amore in A major, BWV 1055
Trio Sonata from The Musical Offering, BWV 1079
Cantata for Solo Soprano, BWV 199

Pioneers of period-instrument performance in their home country, the Bach Collegium Japan, a Baroque chamber orchestra and choir led by esteemed conductor and keyboardist Masaaki Suzuki, is celebrated internationally for superb musicianship and a clear, captivating interpretive style. For its return to Berkeley, the ensemble plays a diverse program of works by its namesake. "I have never heard period instruments played with such purity of tone, so reliably in tune. The small, precise, dramatically alert chorus breathed fire but also revealed a heartbreaking tenderness" (Los Angeles Times).