In October, we open our 2016-2017 season where Bach himself began, with the poetic music of late 17th-century Germany. It was to hear composers like Dietrich Buxtehude and Johann Adam Reincken that the young Bach travelled two-hundred miles and found a great deal of inspiration.

Sonata in G Minor Johann Kaspar Kerll (1627–1693)

Sonata in D Minor, Op. 1, No. 6, BuxWV 257 Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707)

Prelude in G Minor, BuxWV 163 D. Buxtehude

Sonata-suite in A Minor (from Hortus Musicus) Johann Adam Reincken (1657-1714)

Sonata
Allemande
Courante
Sarabande
Gigue


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Sonata in C Major, BuxWV 266 D. Buxtehude

Sonata Op. 9, No. 6 (Echo of the Danube) Johannes Schenck (1660-1712)

Sonata No. 3 in A Major Philipp Heinrich Erlebach (1657-1714)

Adagio - Allegro - Lento
Allemande
Courante
Sarabande
Ciaconne - Final

Sonata No. 4 in C Major Johann Rosenmüller (1619-1684)