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An engaging look inside the ensemble process, at rehearsals of Bach’s Third Brandenburg Concerto held in the same room where it was performed by the composer himself:

Previous Bach interpretations by the artistic director here, John Eliot Gardiner, have exerted a major influence on my ears over the past 15 years [particularly the vivid cantata pilgrimage concert recordings mentioned in the video]. So no surprise that at this weekend’s WCFSO performances of instrumental music by Bach we’ll do our best to follow the English Baroque Soloists’ lead and ‘play with abandon and real, pure enjoyment’ – even if we may lack a bit of their technical polish. [Emoticon here]

More Bach with Gardiner and the EBS here and here.