Choosing the "best" of Johann Sebastian Bach's nearly 200 sacred cantatas is a daunting task, as each one seems perfect. But three leading Bach experts took up the challenge. Peter Wollny, director of ...
“Ich habe genug,” Bach’s Cantata No. 82, is commonly rendered in English as “I am content.” At the cantata’s center is a lullaby of consoling sweetness, generosity of spirit and somnolent blessedness, ...
Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, mezzo-soprano, Orchestra of Emmanuel Music, Craig Smith, conductor (Nonesuch) This recording is an outgrowth of Peter Sellars’ staging of J.S. Bach’s Cantatas BWV 82 and 199 ...
The Chattanooga Bach Choir, David Long artistic director and conductor, presents its 4th annual Barnett & Company Cantata Series, focusing on J.S. Bach’s choral works chosen for the particular Sunday ...
When I last reviewed a CD of the ongoing survey of Bach’s cantatas by St. Gallen’s Bach Foundation or Bachstiftung, volume 13 in that series was the hook to talk about the merits of the project in ...
Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. This holiday season, Early Music Vancouver (EMV) is thrilled to present a joyful ...
The Chattanooga Bach Choir 2018-19 Barnett & Company Cantata Series concludes Sunday at 5 p.m., with music celebrating the Feast of the Annunciation (March 25). The concert will be held at Christ ...
It’s a rare singer whose artistry is so distinctive that, without any sense of willfulness or distortion, the music seems to bend in her image. Of the many fine singers who have taken on Bach’s solo ...