Tonight’s programme from The English Concert includes music from three German composers of the generation preceding Bach. Adam Drese was director of music at Arnstadt, where he died in 1701, shortly before Bach’s arrival. Like Bach, Johann Philipp Krieger was a composer and organist, as was Andreas Oswald; Oswald was one of Bach’s predecessors as court organist in Weimar.
Programme
Featured Artists
The English Concert
Harry Bicket director, harpsichord
Elizabeth Watts Solo Soprano
Nadja Zwiener violin
Alice Evans violin
Tuomo Suni violin
Liz MacCarthy violin
Alfonso Leal del Ojo viola
Joseph Crouch cello
Carina Cosgrave bass
Jonathan Manson cello
Mark Bennett trumpet
Sergio Bucheli lute