Friday, September 05, 2008

Bach Cantatas

Bach wrote well over 200 cantatas. They run from about 15 minutes
to 45 minutes.  I first started listening to them after hearing them live
(weekly) at Boston's excellent Emmanuel Episcopal Church. I sang a
number of them with the Bach Cantata Chor in Pittsburgh before the
music director retired in 2007. It's nice to always know there's
a pile of great music you've never heard, just waiting to be remembered.
There are so many though, it's difficult to remember which ones you like. I started
a list
so I could remember. Please let me know your favorites that I'm leaving out.
I'm listening to BWV206 a lot lately.

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