Bach was most famous as an organist and keyboard player, but was also a fine violinist. After a lively overture, the Dunedin Consort presents two of his solo violin concertos, with their wealth of inventive detail, alongside a colourful and joyful concerto for violin and oboe. The programme culminates in one of Bach’s greatest masterpieces […]
If you are looking for our recording of Bach's Magnificat you will find it on our recordings page: When Johann Sebastian Bach was appointed as the Cantor of Leipzig’s Thomaskirche in 1723, third choice for the post after Telemann and Graupner, he clearly felt he had something to prove. One of the products of this […]
Bach was most famous as an organist and keyboard player, but was also a fine violinist. After a lively overture, the Dunedin Consort presents two of his solo violin concertos, with their wealth of inventive detail, alongside a colourful and joyful concerto for violin and oboe. The programme culminates in one of Bach’s greatest masterpieces […]
With the Real Orquesta Sinfónica de Sevilla, Choir of the Dunedin Consort, John Butt and a stellar team of soloists. With Messiah Dunedin Consort returns to its Christmas seasonal favourite. With different soloists and combinations of singers and players for every set of performances, this piece seems to mould itself to the special contributions of each artist, […]
With the Real Orquesta Sinfónica de Sevilla, Choir of the Dunedin Consort, John Butt and a stellar team of soloists. With Messiah Dunedin Consort returns to its Christmas seasonal favourite. With different soloists and combinations of singers and players for every set of performances, this piece seems to mould itself to the special contributions of each artist, […]
Fun for all the family is guaranteed in this short 45 min concert specifically devised for children which will include all the best tunes from Handel's Messiah! No age restriction! https://youtu.be/GfZqZlUN1qE
With Messiah Dunedin Consort returns to its Christmas seasonal favourite. With different soloists and combinations of singers and players for every set of performances, this piece seems to mould itself to the special contributions of each artist, miraculously sounding new every time Dunedin Consort performs it. Of all his Handel’s oratorios, this is the one that he […]
With Messiah Dunedin Consort returns to its Christmas seasonal favourite. With different soloists and combinations of singers and players for every set of performances, this piece seems to mould itself to the special contributions of each artist, miraculously sounding new every time Dunedin Consort performs it. Of all his Handel’s oratorios, this is the one that he […]
Featuring some of his greatest hits, this chock-full concert by Bach specialist John Butt and his Dunedin Consort offers something for everyone and music to suit every mood. With their musical guest English countertenor Iestyn Davies, the Scots tackle, for instance, two wonderful early motets, one of which is Buxtehude’s Klag-Lied(Lament), which is as simple as it […]
The soprano voice clearly inspired both Bach and Handel, those two exact contemporaries who were otherwise so different in temperament. For Bach, the voice could embody a sort of etherial purity but also provide considerable virtuosity and rhetorical energy. For Handel the soprano could be the medium for heartbreaking passion, as in ‘Alpestre Monte’, but […]
