Could this be a lost concerto by Bach?

Could this be a lost concerto by Bach?

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norman lebrecht

May 27, 2016

I’ve been listening to music by that great composer, Anonymous, for the Lebrecht Album of the Week.

The best fun I’ve had all week is trying to identify the composers of six 18th century concertos that have turned up in the vaults of the Saxon State University library in Dresden. Five of the concertos are for flute, which suggest a possible Frederick the Great connection, the sixth is for cembalo. All are entertaining, accomplished, professional – top-drawer music for a courtly dinner party. But who wrote them?

Read on here, here or here.

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