Florilegium's recordings for Channel Classics have received numerous awards, including a Gramophone Award nomination, Editor's Choice from Gramophone, Diapasons d'Or, and Chocs de la Musique.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, J.S. Bach's son, believed his father's organ trio sonatas were written in such a 'galant style' that they would 'outlive all revolutions of fashion in music'.
Compositional Technique
The term 'trio sonata' refers to the number of parts in the composition, not necessarily three players, as the bass line was often figured for multiple performers.
Performer Biography
Florilegium, a British period instrument ensemble, has been Ensemble in Association at the Royal College of Music in London since September 2008.
Interpretation
Florilegium's arrangements of Bach's organ trio sonatas for multiple instruments were influenced by Bach's own practice of adapting works for different instrumental forces.
Performer Biography
Florilegium was the first period instrument Ensemble-in-Residence at London's Wigmore Hall, a residency that lasted for three seasons.
Composition History
J.S. Bach's six organ Trio Sonatas (BWV 525-530) were likely compiled in the late 1720s as teaching material for his eldest son, Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, to prepare him as an organist.
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