One guess: When other people get together to play Scrabble, Bach exegetes discuss instrumentation issues in Johann Sebastian’s solo concerts. Such problems could quickly be solved acoustically, because few things sound as natural and appropriate as an oboe d’amore as a soloist in BWV 1055, at least when Albrecht Mayer plays it.
Review: Oboist Albrecht Mayer in the Prinzregententheater – Munich
