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Scottish Ensemble's spiritual “three Pärts Bach” by candlelight

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Reviewed at St John's Kirk, Perth on 12 December 2015
Pärt, Fratres
Bach, Violin Concerto in A minor, BWV1041
Bach, Vor deinen Thron tret' ich - chorale prelude in G Major, BWV668
Gubaidulina, Meditation on Bach's chorale BWV 668 "Von deinen Thron tret ich hiermit"
Bach, Double Violin Concerto in D minor, BWV1043
Pärt, Collage über B-A-C-H
Bach, Die Kunst der Fuge (The Art of Fugue), BWV1080
Pärt, Summa
Bach, Brandenburg Concerto no. 3 in G major, BWV1048
Bach, Christmas Oratorio, BWV248 (Cantata)
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Matthew Truscott, Violin, Conductor
Colin Scobie, Cello
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