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Brought to you by the baroque music collective Solomon's Knot, the SKaffeehaus is a space where we chat to interesting people, get geeky about old music, explore the ideas behind upcoming projects, and discuss news and trends in the classical music world.www.solomonsknot.co.ukTwitter, Instagram, YouTube, Facebook@solomonsknot

06/30/2023

Bach's Horns

Spread over 3 different time zones 17 hours apart, Jonny chats to SK ‘horn star’ Anneke Scott and Professor Bertil van Boer of Western Washington University in a deep dive into the origins of the horn in art music performance, specifically in the context of the music of our beloved Johann Sebastian Bach.Anneke's recommended links:https://lettystott.comhttps://www.hornandtrumpet.com/author/peter-holmes/Thanks for listening to the SKaffeehaus. To support Solomon's Knot and all of our work, plea...

1h 23m
05/21/2023

JS Bach's St Matthew Passion

SK artistic director Jonathan Sells speaks to Professor Bettina Varwig, stage director John La Bouchardière and keyboard player Chad Kelly about Bach's St Matthew Passion. What is it, and how will Solomon’s Knot’s approach it?Thanks for listening to the SKaffeehaus. To support Solomon's Knot and all of our work, please visit https://www.solomonsknot.co.uk/support/Twitter/Insta/Facebook/YouTube @solomonsknot© Solomon's Knot Productions Ltd

1h 16m
04/06/2023

How shall we sing the Lord's song? Help for non-believers.

SK alto Kate Symonds-Joy (codename KSJ) interviews director Tom Guthrie, SK sopranos Zoë Brookshaw and Clare Lloyd-Griffiths, and the Preacher of Lincoln's Inn chapel, the Ven Sheila Wilson, on a search for answers to her burning questions:- as a performer who feels most satisfied and honest when they fully immerse themselves in the text and music at hand, how do I commit to sacred music in concert performance?- do my own beliefs or feelings matter when I'm performing? - and a few more.....

1h 2m
03/29/2023

Who is the Matthew Passion for?

Solomon's Knot Artistic Director Jonathan Sells gives his personal take on why JS Bach's St Matthew Passion continues to attract audiences every year, for whom it is 'for', and how we should best approach listening to or experiencing it.Far removed from the era and context of the first performances of the Matthew Passion, our ritualised annual concert performances of the piece have become an object of worship in their own right.As well as the beguiling music and compelling story, the Passion ...

22 min
11/24/2022

Who now?! KUHNAU!

Composer, outstanding organist, choir trainer, lawyer, and formidable linguist, Johann Kuhnau was Thomaskantor in Leipzig for over 20 years, writing over 1,000 vocal works for church performance there. The few dozen that remain show a variety and ability to unlock the gamut of emotions from desperate sadness through to unbridled joy. This belies Kuhnau's conservative and anti-operatic stance handed down in his war of words with those loyal to the upstart Georg Philipp Telemann, wi...

59 min
06/01/2022

Bach Motets

Jonny, SK alto and musicology PhD Nathan Mercieca, Prof Stephen Rose and Dr Bettina Varwig get deep inside the Bach motets, including the context provided by the four Johann Christoph Bach pieces SK has selected for the upcoming tour and on-location CD recording (summer 2022), and the insights into the musical fabric and structure that can be gained by memorisation.Thanks for listening to the SKaffeehaus. To support Solomon's Knot and all of our work, please visit https://www.solomonsknot.co....

57 min
03/15/2022

Telemann und seine Dichter - auf Deutsch!

This is our first podcast episode in German, discussing context and scholarship around the DONNERODE Telemann programme that we are performing with Les Passions de l'Ame in Magdeburg and La Chaux-de-Fonds in March 2022, and that will also be recorded in Magdeburg for the cpo label.Jonny's guests were the Telemann scholar in Magdeburg, Ralph-Jürgen Reipsch, and early modern historian Dr Lucas Haasis.//Diese ist unsere erste Podcast-Folge auf Deutsch - herzlich willkommen! Wir diskutieren den K...

57 min
12/12/2021

The One about Us

We try to keep navel-gazing to a minimum in the SKaffeehaus, so we wanted to get it out the way early. This episode also gives newcomers to SK a good idea of what we do, and how we roll. Featuring artistic director Jonathan Sells, bass player Jan Zahourek, and two leading members of our 'hardcore Welsh* fanclub', Simon and Eleri Williams, we get to the bottom of what makes SK SK: an enveloping experience, translucent musicianship, direct communication and...cricket balls.With extr...

1h 1m
10/03/2021

Not the Christmas Oratorio with Professor Stephen Rose

Not the Christmas Oratorio was Solomon's Knot's new project for September and October 2021. It consists of the three secular cantatas (or juicy mini operas) which Bach later recycled into his well-known festive work. SK artistic director Jonny Sells and bass player Jan Zahourek are joined by special guest and expert on all things Bach and 18th-century, Professor Stephen Rose.Thanks for listening to the SKaffeehaus. To support Solomon's Knot and all of our work, please visit https:...

50 min

9 Episodes

Creator

Solomon's Knot
Years Active

2021 - 2023
Episodes

9
Rating

Explicit
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SKaffeehaus

SKaffeehaus

Episodes

Bach's Horns

JS Bach's St Matthew Passion

How shall we sing the Lord's song? Help for non-believers.

Who is the Matthew Passion for?

Who now?! KUHNAU!

Bach Motets

Telemann und seine Dichter - auf Deutsch!

The One about Us

Not the Christmas Oratorio with Professor Stephen Rose

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