Continuo Connect — Concert // The Geminiani Trio: Bach and Buxtehude

Join Alison Bury, Violin, John Dornenburg, Viola da Gamba and Malcolm Proud, Harpsichord for an evening of music by Bach and Buxtehude.

Dietrich Buxtehude, a Danish-born organist and composer who spent most of his career in Lübeck was one of the most influential musicians of Bach's youth. The 20 year old Bach walked over four hundred kilometers from Arnstadt to visit the great master, which says everything about how important Buxtehude’s music was to the young Bach.

Irish harpsichordist Malcolm Proud formed the Geminiani Trio in the 1980’s, with Alison Bury as violinist. Along with John Dornenburg, who has made many concert appearances and recordings with Proud, the trio was re-formed in 2019 with concerts in Kilkenny and in 2021 in The Workshop Series. The trio has also played at the Sligo Early Music Festival and Hatchlands.