There's only one way to describe Johann Sebastian: Bach rocks! As I mentioned on Facebook the other day, I had spent the whole of Sunday morning listening to Bach's six Brandenburg Concertos played by the English Chamber Orchestra under the baton of Benjamin Britten.
It's a monumental boxed double album that comes with a very comprehensive booklet that describes the six concertos. Imogen Holst, daughter of Gustav Holst whose most celebrated work was The Planets, wrote in the booklet that "at last we can listen to the texture of this music as Bach heard it in his mind."
These particular recordings of the Brandenburg were made in the Maltings concert hall at Snape, Suffolk in 1968. The Maltings was opened as a concert hall in June 1967 but the building was damaged in a fire in June 1969. It has since been restored.
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