BBC Philharmonic Orchestra: Music of the Sun King

From Versailles to Leipzig, via Venice.

Music from the court of Versailles begins and ends this sparkling exploration of the baroque. Jonathan Cohen leads a slimmed-down BBC Philharmonic Orchestra and shows just how flexible this group of players can be, as they weave their way through a selection of dances, fugues and concertos. In the hot seat, Principal Oboe Jennifer Galloway joins Orchestra Leader Zoë Beyers for a solo turn in Bach’s Concerto for Oboe and Violin, following fireworks by star brass players Tom Fountain and Gwyn Owen in Vivaldi’s fiendish Concerto for Two Trumpets.

Programme
Jean-Baptiste Lully Suite from Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme
Johann Sebastian Bach Selections from The Art of Fugue
Antonio Vivaldi Concerto for Two Trumpets
Johann Sebastian Bach Concerto for Oboe and Violin
Jean-Philippe Rameau Selections from Les Indes Galantes, Naïs, Hippolyte et Aricie, and Dardanus

Performers
Jonathan Cohen director
Tom Fountain, Gwyn Owen trumpets
Jennifer Galloway oboe
Zoë Beyers violin
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra