Elizabeth Blumenstock to lead Bach concert in Athens

American violinist and conductor Elizabeth Blumenstock will lead the Camarata Orchestra of Friends of Music in a performance dedicated to the works of Johann Sebastian Bach at the Megaron Athens Concert Hall. The concert is scheduled for Tuesday, October 27, at 20:30.

Blumenstock, known for her expertise in historically informed performance and baroque repertoire, will direct the ensemble using period instruments. The program features Bach’s Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, including the famous ‘Badinerie’, two violin concertos (BWV 1042 and BWV 1041), and the secular cantata ‘Non sa che sia dolore’.

Collaborating musicians include Zakarias Tarpagos on transverse flute and soprano Myrsini Margariti.