Why Bach called someone a ‘nanny goat bassoonist’
Bassoonist Peter Whelan tells us about his love of playing Bach’s music on an instrument Bach would have known - and why the great man himself once called someone a ‘nanny goat bassoonist’…
Hear the baroque bassoon in our performance of Bach’s B minor Mass this Sunday at Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall.
Book now: https://oae.co.uk/.../bach-in-excelsis-the-mass-in-b-minor/
Hear the baroque bassoon in our performance of Bach’s B minor Mass this Sunday at Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall.
Book now: https://oae.co.uk/.../bach-in-excelsis-the-mass-in-b-minor/
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Ok, it’s a not very snappy name, so we tend to call ourselves the OAE. The OAE is probably one of the top ‘period instrument’ Orchestras in the world. What does this mean? Well, over the years instruments and techniques have changed. We try to be authenti...