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Klaus Mäkelä Johann Sebastian Bach Thomas Adès Johannes Brahms

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Fri, Nov 29, 2024, 19:00
During his lifetime, Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) was legendary as an organist and as a cantor in the St. Thomas Church in Leipzig. From 1729, he also led the city’s Collegium Musicum, an ensemble that played every Friday at Café Zimmermann, Leipzig’s most famous coffee house.It might have been at such a Friday concert that Bach’s Orchestral Suite No. 3 was played for the first time. Such suites, with small pieces based on various dance forms, were incredibly popular at... Read full text

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Klaus MäkeläConductor

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Orchestral Suite No. 3Johann Sebastian Bach
AsylaThomas Adès
Symphony No. 4Johannes Brahms
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