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Dunedin Consort ensemble 2023 (Photo: Tommy Ga Ken Wan)

When the plum job of head of music at Leipzig’s Thomaskirche fell vacant in 1723,
JS Bach wasn’t the first choice. He wasn’t even the second. Fortunately for music
history neither of his rivals said yes, and Bach stepped into the role he’d hold for
nearly 30 years – giving us the St John and St Matthew Passions among so many
treasures. 300 years on and John Butt and his crack Dunedin Consort and soloists
celebrate not just Bach himself, but Telemann and Graupner too: an extraordinary
creative milieu and moment in time. AC

Touring, 7 – 9 February (perththeatreandconcerthall.com, 01738
621031; thequeenshall.net, 0131 668 2019; wigmore-hall.co.uk, 020 7935 2141)

Pop

The 1975’s carbon-removed concerts

O2 Arena, London

Matty Healy, the lead singer of The 1975, has spent plenty of this year causing, and
then swiftly attempting to backtrack from, controversy. The band wisely announced
earlier in the year they would be taking a hiatus after years of touring – but not quite
yet. In early 2024 they will finish the extended leg of their “Still… At Their Very Best”