Sunday, March 15 at 2 p.m. - Musicians’ influences upon each other’s work can be traced throughout history. This program unites Johann Sebastian Bach with two composers whose music inspired him and was inspired by him. Benedetto Marcello’s celebrated oboe concerto, featuring Staff Sgt. Tessa Vinson, offers some of the most recognized melodies of the Baroque period. Over the years, the piece was mistakenly attributed to other Baroque composers, including Bach, who after hearing it was compelled to arrange the concerto in its entirety for solo harpsichord. Nearly 80 years after Bach’s death, a young Felix Mendelssohn similarly arranged and conducted Bach’s St. Matthew Passion. In this same year, Mendelssohn made the first sketch of his immortal Scottish symphony, which he then set aside until the years preceding its 1842 première. The concert, which will be held at the Rachel M. Schlesinger Concert Hall and Arts Center in Alexandria, Va., is free and no tickets are required.