The Australian Brandenburg Orchestra will perform with German Baroque violinist Jonas Zschenderlein in an exclusive digital concert which will premiere on Brandenburg One on 28 August.

Jonas Zschenderlein was due to perform with Australian Brandenburg Orchestra in Melbourne and Sydney last month, for their third concert series Bach’s Universe. The concerts would have marked Zschenderlein’s Australian debut and his first live concert season in over a year. However, the current lockdowns and restrictions in place due to COVID-19 meant the physical concerts were no longer able to take place and the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra pivoted to filming a cinematic concert film for their innovative digital streaming platform Brandenburg One. Shot in an empty City Recital Hall in July, Bach’s Universe will see the young German Baroque violinist perform alongside the Brandenburg musicians in a new production directed by Sydney-based director and writer Stef Smith.

A celebration of JS Bach, the program features an impassioned performance by Zschenderlein of Bach’s Violin Concerto in E major in his Australian debut alongside intimate instrumental works and immersive orchestral offerings. Bach’s Universe includes Bach’s timeless Air from the Orchestral Suite No. 3 and Prelude in E minor, BWV 855 from the first book of The Well Tempered Clavier.

Photo: Keith Saunders