 He toured Europe and the Far East in 2007 with the European Brandenburg Ensemble , a baroque orchestra , formed to mark his 60th birthday by recording Bach 's Brandenburg Concertos and performing popular baroque music . Its recording of the concertos won the Gramophone Award for Baroque Instrumental in 2008 . The band was not a permanent orchestra , but planned to reconvene in 2011 when Bach 's St John Passion was to be the focus of their work . 
