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Four Sacred Cantatas by J S Bach
“Four Sacred Cantatas by J S Bach” February 28, 2016, 3 pm Village Lutheran Church, 9237 Clayton Rd, 63124 Pre-concert lecture by Music Director, Dr. Bruce Carvell – 2:30 pm Free Admission Ample parking on the adjacent church lot Collegium Vocale of Saint Louis 1996 – 2016 Celebrating 20 Years!
Program Notes on Buried Treasure: Unpublished Gems of the German Courts, 1700-1750
Program Notes — Sunday, October 25, 2015 A staggering amount of music was composed during the eighteenth century. While much of what was written by Vivaldi, J. S. Bach, and G. F. Handel has been edited and issued in academic editions, other pieces by them and their contemporaries have continued to exist only in library-held…
PROGRAM NOTES ON The Passion of Princes…
A Baroque composer had several available paths to success: the opera house, the church, or the courts of the wealthy and powerful. Of these, perhaps the most certain path to success and fame, if it was to be attained, was the one that led to the courts of the mighty. Among the many ruling families…
Program Notes on Johann Sebastian Bach: Faith in the Time of Tribulation
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) is universally regarded as one of the supreme masters of Western music history. His compositions are well known for their technical mastery and emotional complexity. Bach composed in nearly all of the available musical styles and genres of his day except for opera, and that was due only to a lack…
Progam Notes on Jewish Music of the 17th and 18th Centuries
From biblical times, music has played a significant role in Jewish worship services. However, there are very few descriptions of the music for these services. The Mishnah, the first major work of rabbinic literature, compiled between 200 and 220 CE, reports on historic musical practices at the Temple in Jerusalem, which was the most important…
