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Here is the second podcast, slightly delayed since production but ready for your enjoyment. The reason for the delay is that neither I nor Mogens have found the picture we promised in the podcast, so we’ll have to get back to you with that one. Greetings from the Ringve Early Music Course here at lovely Sund, Innerøy, Norway.
I’m quite used to transposing music to where it fits my instrument, even though I know some people don’t approve of this. I think what is important to know when doing this is what character is implied by using a certain signature. Since I don’t have a copy of Mattheson’s Neueröffnetes Orchestre I looked for the quote and found this page that quotes Mattheson directly on what they mean. Here is a translation to English by Babelfish
