IndependentSounds presents Bachfest: Brandenburg Concertos

IndependentSounds reimagines opera and classical music for today’s audience—intimate, immediate, and alive. Here we invite you into the electrifying world of Johann Sebastian Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos, where invention, virtuosity, and sheer joy collide. Performed on historical instruments, these works shimmer with the colors and textures that Bach knew.

At the center of this program is the Fifth Concerto, a tour de force of ensemble interplay, crowned by its dazzling harpsichord cadenza as realized by Ian Watson. It’s music that still feels impossibly modern in its ambition. 

A daring twist bookends this program. The natural horn—heroic, golden, and thrillingly unpredictable—steps forward as soloist not only in the First Concerto, where it famously reigns, but also in the Second, recasting one of Bach’s most sparkling concertos with a new, burnished voice. Both performed by our very own, Todd Williams, it’s a feat of artistry and endurance, bringing fresh magic to music you thought you knew. 

This is Bach, up close and unfiltered: bold risks, blazing virtuosity, and the visceral thrill of sound in motion.

Please check out our other unique performances on offer this weekend at Performance Garage as part of our 2026 IndependentSounds Festival (all tickets must be purchased separately; we apologize for any inconvenience).

Mozart: The Magic Flute – Friday, Aug 7th at 7:00 PM

Bachfest: Brandenburg Concertos  – Saturday, Aug 8th at 4:00 PM (this show)

Songfest: Magic and Mystery  – Saturday, Aug 8th at 7:00 PM

Offenbach: The Tales of Hoffmann – Sunday, Aug 9th at 7:00 PM

For more info please visit independentsounds.org.

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Performance Garage, 1515 Brandywine Street, Philadelphia, United States

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