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A travel concerto for the Bach family
Johannes Pramsohler puts the first version of Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in a cosmopolitan context of travelling virtuosos To make it...
Sep 3, 20223 min read
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Bach's Masterclass
Johannes Pramsohler and Philippe Grisvard place Bach's Six sonatas for violin and obligato harpsichord in a new historical context and...
Aug 28, 20223 min read
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"In French society, solo concertos had explosive potential"
Johannes Pramsohler explores the cultural context of the first French violin concertos France was traditionally the scene of major...
Oct 21, 20216 min read
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"This was definitely no mass-market music for amateurs"
Artistic director Johannes Pramsohler discusses the programme of the new Ensemble Diderot album and explores the importance of an...
May 1, 20214 min read
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The princess of fugues
History often bears surprising facts. It might seem astonishing to us today, but the most performed passion of the 18th century was...
Mar 10, 20212 min read
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Drawing inspiration from Bach’s lute tablatures 3
Part 3: Weyrauch’s tablatures and a a bit about my own approach to making my own Prelude in c minor BWV 999 An autograph manuscript of...
Mar 1, 20217 min read
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Drawing inspiration from Bach’s lute tablatures 2
Part 2: The Bach lute tablatures – the anonymous Leipzig manuscript A lute tablature is an instruction manual. While traditional musical...
Feb 28, 202112 min read
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Drawing inspiration from Bach’s lute tablatures 1
Part 1: Xerox vs musician – do we really want to reproduce what is written on the page? (Originally, this was meant as a supplement to...
Feb 28, 20217 min read
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