Pekka Kuusisto: Bach and electronic improvisations

Von Emily Owen, 21 Februar 2013

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Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Kings Place: Hall Two, London, am 18 Februar 2013

Bach, Partita für Violine Nr. 2 d-Moll, BWV1004 (Improvisations based on chorales and Finnish funeral tunes)

Pekka Kuusisto, Elektronische Geige

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Emily Owen

A postgraduate student at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama specialising in early music, Emily Owen is a freelance soprano, singing with numerous ensembles. She deputises in churches around London and also manages the newly formed London Youth Choir. Her website is here.