A GRAND BAROQUE SALON

Harpsichordist Pierre Hantaï masterfully draws us into a world of Baroque opulence. The selected works highlight the era’s elegance and ingenuity, beginning with the dramatic sweep of Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach’s Symphony in B-minor and the virtuosic interplay of his father Johann Sebastian Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 5. The second half shifts the lens to France, where Leclair’s D major Concerto balances restraint and expressiveness. Rameau—ever the dramatist—draws back the curtain on the theatrical imagination of the French Baroque, where mythology and human complexity intertwine.

LOS ANGELES CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
Pierre Hantaï, LEADER

PROGRAM
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Symphony in B minor
Johann Sebastian Bach, Brandenburg Concerto in No. 5 in D major, BWV 1050
Jean-Marie Leclair, Concerto in D major for Violin, Strings, and Basso Continuo, No. 2, Op. 7
Jean-Philippe Rameau, Selections from Operas