Dietrich Buxtehude: Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin, BuxWV 76
One of the very few of Buxtehude’s compositions to be published in his own lifetime, Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin is a set of two works, both funeral music, and the second of which was written in memory of his father – the organist of St Olaf’s, Helsingør, in...
Georg Philipp Telemann: Concerto for recorder, viola da gamba and strings, TWV 52:a1
Stylistic eclecticism was a distinctive feature of instrumental music by German composers of the mid to late Baroque. Telemann, though professing difficulty in writing concertos, preferring the orchestral suite form for which he was greatly admired by Quantz and...
Johann Sebastian Bach: Sonata for Viola da gamba and Harpsichord in D, BWV 1028
Bach’s three Sonatas for viola da gamba and harpsichord were long thought to be products of his years at Cöthen when he was Kapellmeister to Prince Leopold. To access this post, you must purchase Dresden Court, Friend of Oxford Bach Soloists or Leipzig...
Bach in Mühlhausen
In 1707, the 22-year-old Johann Sebastian Bach began his position as the organist at the Lutheran church of St. Blasius in Mühlhausen. His arrival was just months after a devastating fire which destroyed a quarter of the historic town. Mühlhausen had been one of the...
