The Collegium Musicum (a music student ensemble) played in the coffeehouse of Gottfried Zimmermann since 1720, and Bach conducted them from 1729 to 1739. The concerts stopped with Zimmermann's death in 1741. Despite being forbidden to frequent coffehouses, women could attend these public concerts.

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Nowadays, it's rare to hear Bach's music live outside of a concert hall. However, if you visited Leipzig in the 1730s and gone to Café Zimmermann, you would have had the chance to see a free live concert by the Collegium Musicum twice a week; conducted by Bach himself and featuring his latest works!

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Thank you to the big @PlymouthLabour team who joined me and Cllr Pauline Murphy for door knocking in Efford and Lipson Ward this morning. It’s really encouraging to hear people talking about hope and coming back to Labour with Andy as PM. 🌹

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pipeline has suffered catastrophic damage in at least 8 locations; satellite data showed a fire burning along the pipeline route SE of Medina with a black smoke plume now 115 km long. The pipeline, the kingdom's only export route that does not pass through Hormuz, has a capacity of 7mn bbl day.

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Saudi Arabia announces a full shutdown of its East-West crude oil pipeline, which was attacked in multiple locations across the Riyadh and Madinah regions on Thurs morning, with the damage being addressed, per the Ministry of Energy. This comes as initial reports from diplomatic channels say the

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