Bach Orchestral Suites

SATURDAY, AUGUST 22 

5 PM 

LENSIC 

BACH ORCHESTRAL SUITES 

Santa Fe Opera Music Director Harry Bicket leads an ensemble of Opera musicians in two of Bach’s orchestral suites: BWV 1067, a showpiece for the flute, and BWV 1068, famous for its gorgeous second movement, which, in various arrangements, is known as the Air on the G String. Bicket also conducts Bach’s immaculate Violin Concerto in A Minor, BWV 1041, which spotlights the Opera’s concertmaster, Nikki Chooi, in his Festival debut. 

BACH Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B Minor, BWV 1067 

BACH Violin Concerto in A Minor, BWV 1041 

BACH Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068 

Harry Bicket, conductor and harpsichord; Nikki Chooi, violin soloist and concertmaster; Bart Feller, flute soloist; with an ensemble of Santa Fe Opera Orchestra musicians 

Approximate length: 1 hour and 10 minutes