James Ehnes debuted with Canada’s National Arts Centre Orchestra in 1993 when he was 17 and has since shared the stage with the ensemble countless times. He was the Orchestra’s first-ever Artist in Residence from 2021 to 2024 and a featured artist on several national and international tours. Ehnes reunites with the musicians of the NAC Orchestra to perform Bach’s Violin Concerto in A minor, Violin Concerto in E major, Concerto for Two Violins, and Concerto for Flute, Violin, and Harpsichord alongside Ehnes’s own reconstructions of Bach’s Violin Concerto in D minor, Violin Concerto in G minor, Concerto for Oboe and Violin, and Concerto for Three Violins.

This 2-CD album is not only a fulfillment of Ehnes’s longtime desire to present Bach’s violin concertos in their entirety, but also an embodiment of his artistic partnership with the orchestra. “These players are some of my closest friends, even away from music,” says Ehnes. “It was so special to dive into a project like this together with musicians with whom there’s no barrier of formality or unfamiliarity.”