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Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

An Evening at Zimmerman's Coffee House

Directed by Steven Devine
An Evening at Zimmerman's Coffee House
From 1720 to 1741, Zimmerman’s Kaffeehaus in Leipzig was the home of the Collegium Musicum, a concert society originally founded by Telemann and later directed by JS Bach. Naturally its musical evenings often featured works by the two friends. The OAE presents an evening of music that may have featured at these coffee-fuelled gatherings, including a new reconstruction of a concerto of which J.S. Bach left only an intriguing eight-bar glimpse…

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From 1720 to 1741, Zimmerman’s Kaffeehaus in Leipzig was the home of the Collegium Musicum, a concert society originally founded by Telemann and later directed by JS Bach. Naturally its musical evenings often featured works by the two friends. The OAE presents an evening of music that may have featured at these coffee-fuelled gatherings, including a new reconstruction of a concerto of which J.S. Bach left only an intriguing eight-bar glimpse…

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National Centre for Early Music, York
Walmgate, York, YO1 9TL, United Kingdom


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