Concerts at First: Baroque Splendor, An Evening with Bach
$20 (students free)
- Rachel Ostler, violin
- Ling-Ju Lai, piano
Johann Sebastian Bach — Violin Partita No. 1 in B minor, BWV 1002
Johann Sebastian Bach is well known for his large-scale oratorios such as the St. Matthew's Passion and the Mass in B, which were written for soloists, choir(s) and orchestra. But he also excelled in writing stunning masterworks for just one single instrument, pushing its technical boundaries to the very limits. Join us as two virtuosi bring alive the Goldberg Variations for piano solo and the Partita in B minor for violin solo (from the collection of Six Sonatas and Partitas), two stellar examples of how Bach made one instrument sound like a full orchestra!
Located at First Presbyterian Church of Atlanta in the heart of Midtown right next to the Woodruff Arts Center, Concerts @ First presents between 15 to 20 concerts per season with local, national, and international world-class musicians.
About Concerts at First
Located at First Presbyterian Church of Atlanta in the heart of Midtown right next to the Woodruff Arts Center, Concerts at First presents between 15 to 20 concerts per season with local, national, and international world-class musicians. Let yourself be transformed through outstanding performances by artists of all backgrounds and heritages!
https://concertsatfirst.org/About Rachel Ostler, violin
A member of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Colombian-American violinist Rachel Ostler has performed in concert halls across the United States, Europe, Asia, and South America. She has participated in various international competitions, including the 55th Paganini Premio Competition, the Princess Astrid Competition, the Isangyun Competition, and the Alice Schoenfeld Competition, and she is the first prize winner of the AYS Young Artist Competition, the Parness Young Artist Competition, the Rio Hondo Young Artist Competition and the Aspen Music Festival Competition.
https://www.aso.org/artists/detail/rachel-ostlerAbout Ling-Ju Lai, piano
Ling-Ju Lai, a native of Taiwan, has garnered consistently favorable reviews of her creative interpretation of Baroque keyboard music, particularly the music of J.S. Bach. Sir András Schiff expresses of her, "Ms. Lai has a questing musical mind. Her approach is unusual and valuable….a very gifted musician and pianist." As a concert pianist, Ms. Lai has performed as a soloist in leading international venues and participated in acclaimed music festivals, such as the Royal Academy of Music in London, Gewandhaus in Leipzig, Town Hall in Bruges, The National Theater in Taiwan, The Bach Festival in Leipzig and The William Kapell International Piano Competition in Maryland.
http://lingjulai.com/