Past Projects | AlexanderNicholls

Galant Schemata in Theory & Practice 2022

Together with my friend and colleague Jonathan Salamon we launched an international conference on Galant Schemata Theory. The conference took place online from the 29th September to the 1st October 2023.

Defining the Galant: Music, Style, Terminology" 2023

Together with my friend and colleague Jonathan Salamon we held an international conference on Galant Schemata Theory. Following the success of the conference "Galant Schemata in Theory & Practice" 2022, a second conference "Defining the Galant: Music, Style, Terminology" . The conference will take place online from the 29th September until the 1st October 2023.

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Janitsch Church Sonatas CD

We at the Berlin Friday Academy worked on the production of a second CD of Johann Gottlob Janitsch's trio sonata output. After winning a grant from the Berlin government, we set out recording some of the most beautiful music written by the composer during the 1740s. This CD is a real jewellery box of gems in which we not only explored the premiere recordings of these works, but also through the use of Princess Armilea of Prussia's organ - and instrument which lived a few streets away from Janitsch's front door. The work was released 2022.

Brilliant Classics Information:

https://www.brilliantclassics.com/articles/j/janitsch-church-sonatas

CD release of the work on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zZ4vufcFI4

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Janitsch Trio Sonatas CD

Our first CD at the Berlin Friday Academy explored the work of little known composer Janitsch. Funding the work through crowed sources and the American Flute Society, we recorded music from this composer defining the best of Berlin's chamber music from Janitsch's weekly Friday Academies. This CD was a pleasure to record. We explored pitch of Berlin's chamber music of this period (392Hz), as well as consulting the instruments and treatises of the players from the city. The work was released 2021.