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The London Bach Orchestra | |||||||||
The London Bach Orchestra was founded by Martindale Sidwell in 1967 with the object of giving performances of Bach and other baroque composers with a body of fine players, keenly interested in music of the period. With much of the repertoire concerto or concertante in content and almost every piece demanding obbligato players, it was decided at the outset that the orchestra would import no outside soloists other than those playing instruments not normally carried by an orchestra of this nature. During the 11 year period following the orchestra's first performance at the newly opened Queen Elizabeth Hall their audiences averaged 95 per cent capacity. In the same time there was remarkably little change in the orchestra's personnel.Recordings
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