JS Bach through the lens of transcription

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Friday, October 11th, 2024
7:00 PM to 9:00 PM

Paul Luchkow is a versatile violinist whose activities cover the range of music from the 17th Century to the present day, on modern and period instruments. He is well known to Salt Spring Islanders. He has appeared as concertmaster and soloist with the Bach on the Rock chamber orchestra and has performed twice in Salt Spring Baroque’s concert series. A regular feature of Western Canada’s Early Music scene, Paul is a long-time member of the Pacific Baroque Orchestra and performs regularly with Victoria Baroque, Victoria Symphony, and the Early Music Society of the Islands.

In addition to his varied appearances in BC, Paul is the concertmaster of the Alberta Juno award winning baroque ensemble Rosa Barocca (2023 Juno award in the category of best Classical Album of the Year – Small Ensemble). Paul will be joined by two of his Alberta colleagues Ronelle Schaufele on viola and Andrea Case on cello, for this beautiful all-Bach chamber concert.

Their string trio will explore Bach’s music through the lens of transcription. Transcription is the adaptation of a composition for an instrument other than that for which it was originally written. This was a widespread practice in the eighteenth century and is still used today. Bach himself regularly transcribed pieces. For example, he transcribed Vivaldi and Telemann concertos for violin and oboe into works for keyboard, and he also adapted his own works to be played on a variety of instruments.

This concert will demonstrate how flexible and transportable the art of transcription can be. Works include a Trio Sonata originally written for organ; a selection of keyboard fugues from the Well-Tempered Clavier transcribed for strings and preceded by Mozart’s own newly composed adagios; and a beautiful transcription of the keyboard monument: the Goldberg Variations. These works provide a refreshing window onto the works of JS Bach, allowing them to appear in a new light, recognisable but transformed.

Tickets can be purchased online through Salt Spring Baroque’s website the ArtSpring box office. Tickets are also available in person at the ArtSpring box office, or at the door the night of the performance.