The Bremer Barockorchester
was founded in 2015. It specialises on the interpretation of orchestra music of the High and Late Baroque. The young musicians stress that historical performance practice must go beyond the mere use of baroque instruments, but should also comprise the intimate dialogue among the instruments. Moreover, playing without a conductor, the atmosphere closely resembles that of a chamber music concert and evokes an air of spontaneity and improvisation which is characteristic for Baroque music.

The ensemble consists of early experts who graduated from renowned European institutions and who have performed on international stages. Numerous acclaimed artists like Midori Seiler, Dmitry Sinkovsky, Ryo Terakado, Veronika Skuplik, Edoardo Torbianelli or Stéphanie Paulet have already worked with the Bremer Barockorchester. The orchestra earned outstanding critiques that praised particularly the musicians’ ability to convey complex emotions and stories with their play.

In 2015 the orchestra launched its very own concert series „Barock&Umzu“ (Baroque&More) in Bremen which has recently entered its third season. The pro- grammes combine the work of the famous masters of the Baroque era with that of less known composers. In this way, they guide their audience along the complex spectrum of Baroque compositions and also bring back to life those composers who hid in the shadows of their famous contemporaries.

The orchestra has so far, amongst others, cooperated with the „Kochi Bachkantaten- verein“, Japan and has performed concerts in many places in Northern Germany, for example with Dmitry Sinkovsky at the Hagen “Music Days”. In 2017, the orchestra will i.a. perform at the „Staufener Musikwoche“, it will play with Sabrina Frey at the concert series „Klosterkonzerte Preetz“ as well as in Groningen (NL).

In late summer of 2017, the orchestra will release its first DVD with interpretations of Georg-Philipp Telemann on occasion of the composer’s 250th death anniversary.