Sarasota Music Festival: From Bach to Block

Festival faculty and fellows team up for Bach’s joyous Brandenburg Concerto No. 4, one of the great monuments of 18th-century music. Shostakovich dedicated his Piano Trio No. 2 to his dear departed friend Ivan Sollertinsky, harnessing Jewish folk idioms to honor his memory. Mike Block revisits his fascinating Global Music Collaboration, a unique cross-cultural experience reflecting live performance’s spontaneous magic. Ludwig Thuille’s lyrical Sextet provides a charming conclusion to this wide-ranging program.