THREE CHOIRS FESTIVAL: Roderic Dunnett previews the 2024 edition of the UK's oldest music festival, 27 July until 4 August.
Born 6 April 1660, died 5 June 1722, Bohemian organist and composer Johannes Kuhnau was Johann Sebastian Bach's immediate predecessor at St Thomas Leipzig in 1684. He was essentially a keyboard composer who was amongst the first to write sonatas as distinct from suites.