Kenneth Weiss returns to Japan with "A la françoise", a superb programme of musique by Bach and Couperin which he performs on 22nd February in Tokyo, 24th in Nishinomiya and 25th in Nagoya:
J. S. Bach
1685 - 1750
French Suite (Französische Suiten) No. 5 in G major, BWV 816 (1723)
Allemande, Courante, Sarabande, Gavotte, Bourrée, Loure, Gigue
François Couperin 1668 - 1733
Les idées heureuses (from the 2nd Ordre)
Le Dodo - ou L'amour en berceau (from the 15th Ordre)
Le Rossignol en amour (from the 14th Ordre)
Les Barricades mystérieuse (from the 6th Ordre)
J. S. Bach
Chromatische Fantasie und Fuge BWV 903
J. S. Bach
French Overture (Ouvertüre nach Französischer Art) in B minor BWV 831 (1735)
Overture, Courante, Gavotte I/II, Passepied I/II, Sarabande, Bourrée I/II, Gigue, Echo
22 February - Tokyo Bunka-kaikan Hall at 7 pm
24 February - Nishinomiya Hyogo Performing Arts Center at 2 pm
25 February - Nagoya Munetsugu Hall at 2 pm