The Complete Brandenburg Concertos from the CSO Nicholas Kraemer conducts

Tonight at 7:00 on [the Evening Concert on] WILL-FM 90.9 it’s the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Nicholas Kraemer guest conducts. He leads a pared-down orchestra from the harpsichord in a complete performance of Bach’s six Brandenburg Concertos with CSO “Principals” on the solo parts.

Tuesday March 22: Chicago Symphony Orchestra (16-12)

Complete Brandenburg Concertos

Nicholas Kraemer (conducting from the harpsichord)

Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 (Eugene Izotov, ob; Daniel Gingrich, hrn; James Smelser, hrn; Robert Chen, violin)

Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 (Weijing Wang, viola; Catherine Brubraker, viola)

Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 (Jennifer Gunn, flt; Robert Chen, vln; Mark Shuldiner, harpsichord)

Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 (Jennifer Gunn, flt; Eugene Izotov, ob; Christopher Martin, trpt; Robert Chen, violin)

Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 (Stephanie Jeong, violin; Nicholas Kraemer, conductor and harpsichord)

Bach: Brandenburg Cto No. 4  (Jennifer Gunn, flt; Louise Dixon, flt; Robert Chen, violin, Nicholas Kraemer, conductor and harpsichord )