Tag: Bach
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A Baroque Christmas
Bach was born in the 1685 the youngest of eight children in Eisenach, in what is now Germany. In 1723, he left the comfortable employ of Prince Leopold in Köthen and was appointed Director of Church Music in Leipzig. Bach’s duties included providing music for church services at both the Thomaskirche and Nikolaikirche. He remained…
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Bach St John Passion Programme Notes
The music of Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) demands much from its listeners. It is not simply something to be passively enjoyed; rather, it compels the audience to engage both spiritually and musically. Nowhere in Bach’s output is this more evident than in his Passions—musical settings of the most compelling narrative of the intersection between the…