Kuijken Ensemble: Musical Offering
Directed by Michael Beyer
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Synopsis by Nathan Southern
Johann Sebastian Bach composed his Musical Offering - a set of fifteen classical pieces, performed sequentially - for Frederick II of Prussia. In the fifty-four minute release J.S. Bach - Kuijken Ensemble: A Musical Offering, the titular fraternal ensemble - flautist Barthold Kuijken, violinist and conductor Sigiswald Kuijken, and cellist/violist Wieland Kuijken - perform this work live, along with Robert Kohnen on harpsichord. The individual pieces in the work include: Canon Perpetuus super Thema Regium, Fuga canonica in Epidiapente and Sonata Sopr'il Soggetto Reale.
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classical-music, concert
