JS Bach
List of News Articles
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What is a sinfonia concertante?
17 March 2025
We delve into the history of a hybrid genre ...![]()
The oboe concerto
13 January 2025
The oboe: refined, yes, but cheeky or melancholic? Join us as we look at the concertos exploring this instrument's wide-ranging moods.![André Cebrián and Marta Gómez play the flute sitting in the SCO desks]()
The flute concerto
14 October 2024
In the third installment of our series looking at the concerto, it's the turn of the SCO flautists to recommend their favourites.![]()
Mendelssohn and the Bach revival
15 April 2024
How Bach fell from favour and rose to glory again ...![]()
Ravel and the art of orchestration
25 March 2024
What makes Ravel such a great orchestrator?![]()
Richard Egarr on Bach's "sacred monument for mankind"
4 September 2023
We interview the SCO favourite on a cornerstone of the choral repertoire, Bach's B minor Mass.![]()
The (remarkably small) world of musical signatures
10 December 2022
