The 18th-century Italian concerto had a profound influence on Bach. He obtained copies of concertos by Vivaldi, Torelli and the Marcello brothers and learnt their styles by arranging them for solo ...
Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. In the world premiere of Mark Morris’s Italian Concerto, JS Bach’s score is played with great élan on piano by ...