Bach's glorious Magnificat was his first major liturgical composition to a Latin text. He wrote it in 1723, but then revised it ten years later - changing the key in the process, from E-flat to D ...
After an all-Johann Sebastian Bach concert given by the Montpelier music series Capital City Concerts last year, director and flutist Karen Kevra and her guest musicians, including soprano Hyunah Yu, ...
Lotti’s Missa Sapientiae featured in Bach’s library, offering him a model of Venetian sacred music for his Mass in B minor. The tonal richness and emotional contrasts of the Lotti are brought to life ...
Composers line up for the most celebrated sacred song of all. In Bach's day, the visitation of Mary to her cousin Elizabeth was in July, after St John's Day, the 24th of June. That was always going to ...
Soloists and choir blend in unanimous, powerful acclaim for God’s nativity; Spanish countertenor Carlos Mena in particular stands out for his strong, slender tone in the Esurientes. The same ensemble ...
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Conductor Nicholas McGegan has been programming evenings of Baroque music for years at the Aspen Music Festival, usually with an idea toward juxtaposing various composers from the era. This year’s ...
For his first Christmas in Leipzig, in 1723, Bach delivered an extraordinary feast of music. This is the first recording that John Eliot Gardiner has made of the Magnificat in its original version in ...
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