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Reconstructing Bach's Magnificat, with John Butt and the Dunedin Consort

David Vickers
Tuesday, April 18, 2017

Bach’s initial Christmas Day Vespers as Thomaskantor was an overt display of music-making, with his Magnificat taking pride of place. For the Dunedin Consort’s new recording, John Butt has reconstructed the whole service as Bach might have celebrated it in 1723, writes David Vickers

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