Poster J.S. Bach with three of his sons
J.S. Bach (left) with three of his sons. Artist unknown.
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Performance Today®

A lesser-known Bach

Over the span of two centuries, the Bach family produced more than 50 musicians and composers. On Friday's Performance Today, we have music by Bach -- but not the guy who immediately comes to mind when you hear that name. We'll travel to Denmark to hear an overture by Johann Bernhard Bach, Johann Sebastian Bach's lesser-known second cousin.

Episode Playlist

Hour 1

Pierre Attaingnant: Six Dances
VIDA Guitar Quartet
Spivey Hall, Clayton State University, Morrow, GA

Johann Bernhard Bach: Overture in G minor, for violin, strings and basso continuo
Fredrik From, violin; Concerto Copenhagen; Lars Ulrik Mortensen, conductor
Garrison Church, Copenhagen, Denmark

Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 95 in c minor, Hob.I:95
New York Philharmonic; Xian Zhang, conductor
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, New York, NY

Hour 2

George Frederic Handel: Concerto a due cori in F, HWV 333
Petra Mullejans, violin; Freiburg Baroque Orchestra; Gottfried von der Goltz, violin, conductor
Concert Hall, Freiburg, Germany

Edvard Grieg: Violin Sonata No. 2 in G Major, Op. 13
Arnaud Sussmann, violin; Orion Weiss, piano
Chamber Music Society of Palm Beach, The Mar-a-Lago Club, Palm Beach, FL

Valerie Coleman: Danza de la Mariposa
Nathalie Joachim, flute
Cutting Edge Concerts, Leonard Nimoy Thalia at Symphony Space, New York, NY

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