Why a Bach cantata ensemble needs a conductor

Bach, Early Music, Essays /

(Originally posted on April 18, 2010) In December 2001, I was in Brussels visiting my good oboist friend Katy.  Thanks to her, I was able to sneak into the Flemish side of the conservatory and observe some of Mr. Sigiswald Kuijken’s baroque violin lessons.  In between those lessons he taught (all in different languages), he […]

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