Vancouver Bach Festival: Bach – Four Sonatas & a Concerto
$15-$30 ($10 CAD student rush; indigenous free); see event description for details
- Chloe Kim, violin
- Christina Mahler, cello
- Avi Stein, keyboard
Johann Sebastian Bach — Violin Sonata No. 4 in C minor, BWV 1017
Johann Sebastian Bach — Italienisches Konzert ("Italian Concerto"), BWV 971
Johann Sebastian Bach — Violin Sonata No. 3 in E major, BWV 1016
Johann Sebastian Bach — Violin Sonata No. 6 in G major, BWV 1019 ("Cantabile, ma un poco Adagio")
Johann Sebastian Bach — Violin Sonata in E minor, BWV 1023
This program showcases the virtuosic brilliance of violinist Chloe Kim, named as one of Canada's top '30 under 30' by CBC in 2020 when she was just 23 years old. An early reviewer of J.S. Bach's now-famous music for unaccompanied violin wrote that it was "perhaps the greatest example in any art of the freedom and certainty with which a great master can move even when he is in chains." This programme, by contrast, features music Bach wrote for the violin when he had left the chains behind. With the harmonic support of the harpsichord and added richness of the cello, Bach set his violin free in flights of lyricism and contrapuntal inventiveness. He also thrillingly renegotiated the usual terms of the chamber sonata, making the keyboard and violin newly equal partners. Dating from the composer's years in Cöthen and Leipzig, these sonatas exemplify the full range—the witty ingenuity, the dazzling virtuosity, the quiet depth—of Bach's musical craftsmanship.
Tickets (all prices in Canadian dollars):
Early bird (purchased before June 28): $24
Individual tickets (purchased on/after June 28): $30
Subscriber (with purchase of 3 or more events): $22.50
Ages 34 & under: $15
Student rush: $10
Indigenous patrons: Free (limit 1 per customer)