#prognotes

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Programme notes: Bach the European 3 March 2019, Philippe Herreweghe 31 March 2019, Iain Ledingham 5 May 2019, John Butt 23 June 2019, Laurence Cummings  Bach BWV 106, BWV 19, JC Bach Es erhub sich ein Streit, JC Bach Ach, daß ich Wassers genug hätte Gabrieli Canzoni, Bach BWV 50, BWV 34, Marcello Concerto in D minor, Monteverdi Beatus vir Palestrina Missa sine nominee, Bach BWV 80, Bodenschatz Excerpts from Florilegium Portense Duke’s Hall, Royal Academy of Music.

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Programme notes 5 November 2017

JS Bach BWV 234, BWV 105 Directed by Philippe Herreweghe, led by Margaret Faultless   Programme notes by Mark Seow Royal Academy of Music

...Belonging to Bach’s first cycle in Leipzig, BWV 105 was first performed on 25 July 1723.The libretto is drawn from the Sunday Gospel describing God’s judgement. Conscience, or Gewissen, is central to this message, and Bach’s music places its depiction at the core of his construction...

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Wigmore Hall: Bach and Caldara 31 December 2022

Bach and Caldara, Dunedin Consort directed by John Butt   Programme notes by Mark Seow Wigmore Hall

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Programme notes: Charpentier at Christmas 19 December 2022

Marc-Antoine Charpentier Antiennes 'O' de l'Avent, Noëls pour les instruments, H531 and 534, Sur la Naissance de Notre Seigneur Jésus-Christ, H482, In Nativitatem Domini Canticum, H416 Les Arts Florissants, conducted by William Christie. Emmanuelle de Negri (soprano), Julie Roset (soprano), programme notes by Mark Seow Barbican

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Programme notes 15 December 2022

Bach Toccata and Fugue in D minor (arr Chad Kelly), Nicola Matteis Jr Fantasia in C minor, Con Discretione, Johann Joseph Vilsmayr Partita No 6 from Artificiosus Concentus pro Camera, A Suite of short movements from the Nogueira and Klagenfurt manuscripts, Johann Paul von Westhoff Suite pour le violon seul sans basse, Giuseppe Tartini Violin Sonata No 17 from Piccole Sonate, Chad Kelly Phantasia, Bach Cello Suite No 6 in G major Rachel Podger, programme notes by Mark Seow Milton Court Concert Hall, Barbican

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Programme notes: Bach in Leipzig 4 December 2022

Bach BWV 66, BWV 147 Royal Academy Baroque, directed by Iain Ledingham Royal Academy of Music

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Programme notes: Bach in Leipzig 6 November 2022

Bach BWV 76, BWV 69a Royal Academy Baroque Soloists, directed by Jane Glover.  Royal Academy of Music, London

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Programme notes: Bach in Leipzig 9 October 2022

Bach BWV 40, 104, 148 Royal Academy Baroque Soloists, led by Julia Kuhn, directed by Peter Whelan Royal Academy of Music, London