No 116 A Fireworks Display of Virtuosity I

J. B. Bach: Ouvertüre g-Moll • J. S. Bach: Contrapunctus 1, aus: Die Kunst der Fuge, BWV 1080 • J. C. Bach: Konzert f-Moll, Warb C 73 • C. P. E. Bach: Sinfonie B-Dur, Wq 182/2 • J. S. Bach: Canon alla Ottava, aus: Die Kunst der Fuge, BWV 1080 • J. S. Bach: Konzert d-Moll, BWV 1052

Artists: Kit Armstrong (harpsichord), Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Bernhard Forck (concertmaster)

»This boy is the most musically gifted that I have ever met in my life« was the comment of Alfred Brendel on the young American pianist, Kit Armstrong, who excels as a soloist on the modern concert grand, the fortepiano and the harpsichord, as well as being a highly successful composer. Together with the wonderful Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Kit Armstrong will perform one harpsichord concerto each by Johann Sebastian and Johann Christian Bach – works that differ hugely in terms of style, but nevertheless share an unmistakeable common basis. Exuberant virtuosity guaranteed.