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Brillhart: All Baroque
February 26, 2018 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
The year is 1747, upon invitation by King Frederick II of Prussia at Potsdam, J.S. Bach is challenged to create a fugue based on a theme the King had made up on the spot. Bach’s improvisational whimsy is still a coveted skill for the stage today. Indulge in the brilliance of Jeffrey Brillhart; world renowned improvisational keyboardist and winner of 1st prize American Guild of Organists’ National Competition in Organ Improvisation in 1994. Join Brillhart as he pairs baroque’s greatest composers in an evening of improvisations as Bach would have intended. Brillhart will even improvise on themes heard in the concert, just like in 1747.
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Joseph and Marie Field Kimmel Center Series
Sun, February 25, 2018 at 2:30 PM
Perelman Theater
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Mon, February 26, 2018 at 7:30 PM
Perelman Theater
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POST-SHOW EVENTS
Classical Conversations
The Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia continues our wildly popular post-concert program on Sundays. Please join our Music Director and/or our guest artists for informal and informative Q&A session following the matinée.
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Concerts and Cocktails
Join us after our Monday evening performances at the Kimmel Center PECO Bar for Concert & Cocktails where you can mingle and get to know the Chamber Orchestra over cocktails at the bar! (cash bar)[/icon_box][/column]
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Jeffrey Brillhart
Conductor and Soloist
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Program
Jean-Philippe Rameau
Overture from Zaïs, (1748), RCT 60
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Harpsichord Concerto in d (1748), Wq. 23
I: Allegro
II: Poco Andante
III: Allegro assai
Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G (1717-23), BWV 1048
featuring Stephen Tavani, Violin, Meichen Liao-Barnes, Violin, and Elizabeth Kaderabek, Violin II
I: [Allegro]
II: Adagio
III: Allegro
INTERMISSION
Johann Sebastian Bach
Air from Suite No. 3 in D, (1730), BWV 1068
Jeffrey Brillhart
Improvisation on themes in the program
Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto in No. 5 in D (1717-23), BWV 1050
featuring Stephen Tavani, Violin and Edward Schultz, Flute
I: Allegro
II: Affettuoso
III: Allegro
Jean-Philippe Rameau
Chaconne from Les Indes galantes (1735)
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**All Artists and Programs subject to change**