The Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major, BWV 1048

WWCMF returns to the acoustically superior Foundry Vineyards Gallery to present one of the all-time-greatest-masterpieces-in-the-history-of-human-achievement… No hyperbole, we promise. The 6 Brandenburg Concertos by JS Bach represent some of the finest compositions of the Baroque, or any, period. Period. Tonight, the musicians of WWCMF will perform Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major, BWV 1048.

The story of Bach's Brandenburg Concertos is the stuff of an Antiques Roadshow dream. Presented by Bach to Christian Ludwig, the Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt, in 1721, the 6 concertos lay unplayed in the Brandenburg archives until they were discovered in 1849. The opportunistic Siegfried Wilhelm Dehn purchased the 6 concertos for the extraordinarily paltry sum of $22 in today's money and published them within a year.

The Brandenburg Concertos contain some of the most recognizable music ever composed, thanks in part to present day advertisements, cartoons, films and all manner of pop culture references. Though sometimes relegated to the status of musical "Clip Art," the Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 ingeniously weaves together 9 independent melodic lines and represents both the ultimate in Baroque polyphony, and also our ability to hear it.

We'll unweave some of the harmonic tapestry and show you how it all comes together. Be sure to enjoy some Foundry Vineyards wine along the way, but don't stain the tapestry.

Artists: Louis Levitt, Sami Merdinian, Laura Metcalf, Angela Pickett and Sarah Whitney as Sybarite5 along with Timothy Christie, Benjamin Gish, Julia Salerno, Maria Sampen