J. S. Bach: Violin Concertos

Elfa Rún Kristinsdóttir, violin; Solistenensemble Kaleidoskop

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Violin Concertos BWV 1052 & BWV 1056 - Double Concerto BWV 1043

The Solistenensemble Kaleidoskop, founded in 2006, is a young, Berlin-based chamber orchestra on a mission to transform the traditional experience of concertgoing. In collaboration with artists from many different fields, the ensemble searches for new forms of presentation and performance including music theater and ,,concert installations". The collaboration with the dance company Sasha Waltz & Guests has produced internationally three music/dance installations in museums and works on the stage. Ensemble in-residence in venue Radialsystem V in Berlin since 2008, Kaleidoskop is also guest of festivals such as the Kunstfest Weimar, the Salzburg Biennale for new music, and the Kunstfestspiele Herrenhausen.
The core of the ensemble is a string orchestra of 15 players that can split up into smaller chamber groups or be joined by guest musicians, depending on the demands of the program. The repertoire, which stretches from the early Baroque to the contemporary music, requires all members of the ensemble to perform in chamber music settings as well as solistically. In 2008 the first CD of Soloists' Ensemble Kaleidoskop was released by Sony classical with new works by the Italian cellist and composer Giovanni Sollima (b. 1962). One year later followed the highly acclaimed piano concertos by Joseph Haydn together with pianist Caspar Frantz on ARS Produktion (ARS 38057). The new recording presents two Violin Concertos and the Double Concerto BMV 1043 by Johann Sebastian Bach. The solo violin part is played by concertmaster Elfa Rún Kristinsdóttir, also a regular guest of the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin.

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