Colors of Bach 🎵

Step inside Bach’s world for an immersive evening at The Breakers! Acclaimed violinist Eldbjørg Hemsing returns, joining harpsichordist Sebastian Bottone and Newport Classical’s Resident Festival Artists in Colors of Bach, a program that explores the breadth of one of classical music’s most influential voices. Bringing together solo, chamber, and ensemble works from across Bach’s lifetime, this performance offers a rare opportunity to experience his music as a living, breathing world of sound, rich with contrast, beauty, and humanity.

When: Thursday, July 16th at 8:00 PM

Location: The Breakers, 44 Ochre Point Avenue, Newport

Eldbjørg Hemsing, violin
Nathan Amaral, violin
Joshua Brown, violin
Joseph Skerik, viola       
Leland Ko, cello
Sebastian Bottone, harpsichord

Program

BACH Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068
II. Air
BACH Violin Concerto in A minor, BWV 1041
II. Andante
BACHIch ruf zu dir, Herr Jesus Christ, BWV 639
BACH Matthäus Passion, BWV 244
Chorale. Befiehl du deine Wege
BACH Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147
Chorale. Wohl mir, dass ich Jesum habe
BACH Brandenburgische Konzerte No. 1, BWV 1046
I. Allegro
BACH Menuett in G Major, BWV Anh. 114
BACH Ave Maria
BACH Concerto for Violin and Oboe in C, BWV 1060
III. Allegro
BACH Organ Sonata No. 4, BWV 528
II.Andante
BACH Partita No. 3 in E Major
I.Prelude
BACH Ich steh an deiner Krippen hier, BWV 469
BACH Widerstehe doch der Sünde, BWV 54
BACH Prelude in C Major, BWV 553 
BACH Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Aria
BACH Matthäus Passion, BWV 244
Aria. Erbarme dich

*Program subject to change.