J.S. Bach Foundation 15th anniversary concert

[tones]

This foundation was formed in St. Gallen in eastern Switzerland, and, since its foundation, is working its way through the cantatas. This anniversary concert was/will be performed in three venues (the last one is tonight in Zürich). The one last night (Tuesday 17 November) was in Trogen, where many of the cantata concerts are filmed. It was streamed live, and a recording is now available - it starts at about 9:51:

Many of the cantatas are available on YouTube, and the performances have been generally excellent, the only dud being BWV 51 Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen, where the soprano should not have been allowed anywhere near the cantata.

 

[eisenach]

Many of the cantatas are available on YouTube, and the performances have been generally excellent, the only dud being BWV 51 Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen, where the soprano should not have been allowed anywhere near the cantata.

It's a tricky one ! I heard Emma Kirkby try it in Bach's church, the Divii Blasius in Mühlhausen, and she (well, it was the instrumental soloist, really) fluffed it and they had to have a second go.

 

[tones]

It's a tricky one ! I heard Emma Kirkby try it in Bach's church, the Divii Blasius in Mühlhausen, and she (well, it was the instrumental soloist, really) fluffed it and they had to have a second go.

Clearly beyond any boy soprano,m unless they took it very slowly. I like Maria Keohane for the Dutch Bach series:

https://www.bachvereniging.nl/en/bwv/bwv-51/