Virtual Concert | Music from the Museum
Bach Society Orchestra
Canaletto, The Entrance to the Grand Canal, Venice, c. 1730, oil on canvas, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, the Robert Lee Blaffer Memorial Collection, gift of Sarah Campbell Blaffer.
Francesco Solimena, The Royal Hunt of Dido and Aeneas, c. 1712–14, oil on canvas, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, gift of Lee and Joe Jamail.
Bernardo Bellotto, The Marketplace at Pirna, c. 1764, oil on canvas, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, the Samuel H. Kress Collection.
Johann Sebastian Bach’s concertos comprised some of his most lavish instrumental output. In celebration of this beautiful music, members of the Bach Society Houston Orchestra perform in the European art galleries at the MFAH, surrounded by paintings from the time period of Bach’s life (1685–1750). Also on the program is a concerto by Antonio Vivaldi (1678–1741). Helga K. Aurisch, curator of European art and president of the Bach Society Houston board of directors, provides brief commentary.
Saturday, May 1, 2021 / Watch the recording
Program
• Bach | “Violin Concerto in A Minor,” BWV 1041
• Bach | “Violin Concerto in E Major,” BWV 1042
• Vivaldi | “Concerto for Four Violins in B Minor”
Virtual Learning & Interpretation programs are generously underwritten by the Jerold B. Katz Foundation.