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...Jonathan Livingston Seagull, Bach (1 last week...
...SURPRISE our distinctly secular age has become enamored of music conceived for a faith deeper than most of us profess. Our vague Enlightenment rationalism grants us a tolerance for a variety of religious expressions; and even the intense orthodoxy of a composer like J.S. Bach does not put us off, but perversely enhances our wonder at his accomplishments. The specifics of religious identification within a work like Bach's Christmas Oratorio are lost to us. Yet the sincerity of its conception (and of course the skill of its composition) are as evident now as in the 18th century...
...trumpets-and-drums splendor that precedes it. The scoring eliminates the festive instruments entirely and the accompaniments are lighter: a flute is used in two obbligato roles. The one aria had a trio-sonata texture with tenor soloist, flute, and continuo. This form was a special favorite of Bach's for which be wrote some of his best counterpoint. The simplicity and clarity of singer and flutist filled the entire church and maintained the spell throughout the aria...
...orchestration obscures the subtleties far less than in Part I. The ritard at the end of the first chorale was effective, while the firm rhythmic control lent tremendous excitement and emphasis to the Gloria chorus. The Gloria forms an intriguing comparison point between two grants of the high baroque Bach's thick yet clear counterpoint achieves great power with far less effort than Handel's more broken homophonic style in the Messiah section of the same text the chorus Glory...
ADAMS HOUSE JUNIOR COMMON ROOM. Music by Ibert, Bach, Haydn, and Reicha. Performed by Michael Tabak, Fred Fox. Norman Letvin, Thomas Stevenson, Cyrus Stewart, F. Jackson Bryce, and David Smith...