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Phantasm's The Art of Fugue at the Lammermuir Festival

By Alan Coady, 20 September 2015
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Reviewed at St Mary's Parish Church, Haddington on 18 September 2015
Programme
Bach, Die Kunst der Fuge (The Art of Fugue), BWV1080
Purcell, Fantasy no. 11 for 4 viols in G major, Z 742
Performers
Phantasm Viol Consort
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Alan Coady
Alan Coady
Alan has taught classical guitar in East Lothian schools since 1982. A graduate in Music of the then Huddersfield Polytechnic, he has a soft spot for the contemporary. He also writes a Musical Blog, where the special interest is the intersection of music/language/science.