AAM: Bach Dynasty on The Early Music Show 18 June

[doversoul1]

MickyD and Los Otros

Catherine Bott introduces a concert given by the Academy of Ancient Music & Richard Egarr in Salford as part of the "BBC Philharmonic presents..." festival. The performance continues the AAM's series of Bach Dynasty concerts and features music by various generations of the Bach family.

Please can we have all the concerts, or did I miss them?

And this looks good too (Sunday)
Catherine Bott presents a programme of music written in the city of Bologna - the capital city of the Emilia-Romagna region, which is situated in the Po Valley between Po river and the Apennine Mountains. It's home to the oldest university in the world, founded in 1088 and is one of the richest cities in Italy, not only financially but also in terms of its rich history in the arts, culture and cuisine. It has been a hive of musical activity since the 15th century, and this programme features music by some of its most famous sons, including Giacomo Perti, Giuseppe Torelli, Adriano Banchieri, Giovanni Bononcini, Padre Giovanni Martini and Josef Myslivecek.

[vinteuil]

Bologna ... It's home to the oldest university in the world, founded in 1088 ...

the university of al-Azhar was founded in 975 AD...

But Doversoul - many thanks as ever for flagging these up.

Yes, what happened to the AAM Bach Dynasty concerts?
Or was it all a dream?? And who did kill JR Bach???

[MickyD]

Thanks for bringing this to my attention, doversoul. Did you hear Sophie Yates performing Balbastre on last week's show? I enjoyed it very much indeed.

[doversoul1]

I did and enjoyed it very much. I usually prefer more austere sound but hearing this performance made me think that that could have been just an idea I had. I tend to get stuck in things.

[doversoul1]

Well, they were both excellent. I was most impressed by J Christoph’s cantata. Was it composed for a woman’s voice? Back in the R3 MB days, someone said that in Bach’s days’ boys were more capable of singing in alto range, but a cantata like this could not have been sang by a boy no matter how vocally capable he might have been? JCF’s sonata was wonderfully played by Richard Egarr. The city of Bologna was informative and amusing with varying music. Most enjoyable.

If we have to give up the programmes next weekend, please can Listen Again be extended to two weeks?

[ardcarp]

but a cantata like this could not have been sang by a boy no matter how vocally capable he might have been?

Er....

Well needless to say I disagree. Whilst most of the 'other Bachs' programme was enjoyable and informative, I was not impressed by 'The Choir' of the Academy of Ancient Music. I thought the blend poor, the ensemble shaky, and WHY have strings playing with no vibrato at all but sopranos (and an alto soloist) wobbling their ***** off?