Tonight at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 you’ll hear Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos numbers 2, 4 and 6 on “The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center”.  At 8:00 you’ll hear the group Ensemble Leones on “Early Music Now with Sara Schneider”.

The Swedish Chamber Orchestra plays these works in Weisbaden.

Two of Bach's "Brandenburg Concertos" plus Mozart's "Bassoon Concerto" among other works on this program from the CSO.

CMS Director David Finckel posits that the Brandenburg Concertos of Bach are in a category with Beethoven's 9th Symphony and similar compositions: iconic works that yield a lifetime of listening pleasure.

They were guitar heroes long before many whose names you might bring to mind.