Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra: Bach's Wedding Cantata October 15, 2010

Lars Ulrik Mortensen, conductor and harpsichord
Maria Keohane, soprano

BACH: Orchestral Suite No. 1 in C major
BACH: Concerto for Harpsichord in D minor
BACH:"Weichet nur, betrubte Schatten" (The Wedding Cantata)
BACH: Concerto for Harpsichord in D major

Danish harpsichordist and conductor Lars Ulrik Mortensen leads the orchestra in a program of works by Johann Sebastian Bach that delves not only to the heart of the Baroque repertoire, but to the orchestra's very beginnings. For the first time since its first concert, the orchestra performs Bach's beloved ode to eternal love, "Weichet nur, betrubte Schatten" ("The Wedding Cantata"), with Swedish soprano Maria Keohane. Mortensen is featured in two of Bach's virtuosic harpsichord concertos and also conducts the orchestra in the Baroque master's first Orchestral Suite.

Official Website: http://philharmonia.org/oct10.html