18-12-2017 17:46 via theguardian.com

Bach to the future: how the Dunedin Consort keep the baroque rolling

In obsessively trying to recreate a mythic past, baroque specialists became militant and intolerant. But guided by John Butt’s pluralistic ethos, this music is becoming inclusive and future-facingMake America Great Again, Put the Great Back Into Britain – today’s populist slogans are obsessed with some imagined past. So, I hear you ask, what does that have to do with baroque Christmas music? In his book Playing With History, John Butt – keyboardist, Bach scholar, Glasgow
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