Bach's Orchestral Suites – When Less Is More
Smith Square Hall, LONDON FESTIVAL OF BAROQUE MUSIC Sinfonia Smith Square, London, United KingdomTogether with Concerto Copenhagen, Lars Ulrik Mortensen interprets one of the best-known collections of Baroque suites as a striking example of the idea that less is more. “Orchestral suites” is not the term Bach himself used when the works were performed in his own time. And he did not add trumpets and timpani until later, when the music was to be performed […]