The concept of the Bach Chamber Music Festival strives to embrace a wealth of aesthetic, cultural and historical values. For one thing, audiences at the festival hear seldom performed interpretations of Bach's chamber music, including the compositions that were produced by the great artist's sons and contemporaries, as well as the music inspired by Bach's personality. The festival is also a cradle for new music - each year there are new works commissioned especially for the festival. The festival is focussed on the intimate, the soulful, the personal. It manifests the producers' desire to reveal Bach from the "quiet side" and show that the relatively few sounds in a chamber music score can say just as much in the way of fundamental ideas, thoughts and content as Bach's major vocal and symphonic compositions.
08.11. 17:00 Festival Opening Concert: Johann Sebastian Bach – Concertos for Two, Three, and Four Harpsichords. Saale Fischer (Estonia), Ene Nael (Estonia), Ieva Saliete, Gertrūda Krauksta, Aina Kalnciema (harpsichords), Aira Maria Lehtipuu (Finland), Marta Spārniņa (violins), Pēteris Trasuns (viola), Māra Botmane (cello), Toms Timofejevs (double bass)
Latvian National Museum of History, Riga Castle
22.11. 17:00 Intimate Constellation of Baroque Music. Martyna Pastuszka (Poland, violin), Tomasz Pokrzywiński (Poland, cello). Programme: Francesco Maria Veracini, Antonio Vivaldi, Johann Sebastian Bach
Museum of the History of Riga and Navigation
25.11. 19:00 I AM ORPHEUS. Joel Frederiksen (USA/Germany, lute and voice). Programme: Robert Johnson, Thomas Ford, John Dowland, and others
Latvian National Museum of History, Riga Castle
02.12. 18:00 A Stage for Young Talents! Students of the NMA Emīls Dārziņš Music School. Programme: Johann Sebastian Bach, George Frideric Handel
Emīls Dārziņš Concert Hall (Kalnciema iela 10, Rīga)
03.12. 19:00 MUSICA RIGENSIS. ARS ANTIQUA RIGA, artistic director Pēteris Vaickovskis. Programme: Paulus Bucenus Philorodus, Johann Sebastian Bach, and others
Latvian National Museum of History, Riga Castle