Mmmmmmm

WBC
The Washington Bach Consort will be playing the B-Minor Mass at the Strathmore on Friday. The choir is always extremely well-prepared, as is the “period” orchestra, although we will certainly pity the poor hornist who has to play “Quoniam” on a corno di caccia, as well as the three trumpeters who will surely lose some grey matter during the performance of the work. (Should you want to hear a “period” orchestra, try the samples for this recording of the Bach.)

4 comments

  1. I remember the first time I heard this exquisite work live…it was at the annual Marlboro College Bach Festival in Marlboro, VT….and it was the first time I had seen a woman conductor. One never forgets a perfomrance like that one. If Bach isn’t in Heaven, I’m not sure I want to be there without him…

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