Concert of Baroque Chamber Music “THE BACH FAMILY”

Concert of Baroque Chamber Music “THE BACH FAMILY” performed by REBEL Ensemble for Baroque Music with Matthias Maute, flute Works for flute, strings and harpsichord by J.S. Bach, J.C. Bach & W.F. Bach, performed on original instruments.

The internationally-acclaimed chamber ensemble, REBEL will offer a program of baroque chamber music by J.S. Bach and two of his sons, W.F. Bach and J.C. Bach, performed on period instruments at the historic and acoustically-excellent Bedford Presbyterian Church in Bedford, NY. The instrumentalists in this program will be Matthias Maute, flute; Jörg-Michael Schwarz & Karen Marie Marmer, violins; Risa Browder, viola; John Moran, cello, Motomi Igarashi, bass and Dongsok Shin, harpsichord. 

A fully-catered reception follows the concert where the audience can meet the artists.

REBEL (pronounced “Re-BEL” and named after French baroque composer Jean-Féry Rebel), a chamber music ensemble specializing in 17th- & 18th-century music performing on period instruments, is arguably the most aired American baroque ensemble on radio today. REBEL was National Public Radio’s ensemble-in-residence in 1999 and has appeared live on NPR’s Performance Today and MPR’s St. Paul Sunday. They have been hailed by The New York Times as “Sophisticated and Beguiling” and praised by the Los Angeles Times for their “astonishingly vital music-making”. The ensemble records for Deutsche Harmonia Mundi , Dorian, ATMA and Naxos and tours internationally