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...Reverend William Wallace, rector of Emmanuel Church, believes that the power of Bach's cantatas is not limited to the religious. "Art has to be expressed with a genre; that's a given. Bach's genre is sacred music. You don't have to subscribe to Bach's beliefs to experience the art form." He also highlighted the fact that these cantatas were written for the liturgy, that it is "an incredible gift to be able to contain the soul of Bach's music within a service...
...Emmanuel holds other concert series in addition to the cantatas: in recent years, these have explored the likes of Mozart, Debussy and Schumann. This year marks the beginning of a 7-year cycle devoted to Schubert. Many of Boston's most revered classical music figures have been anxious to become involved with Emmanuel: composer John Harbison, Seiji Ozawa, the director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and Christopher Hog-wood, the director of the Handel & Haydn Society, regularly serve as guest conductors...
...Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, considered by many to be the pre-eminent scholar of J.S. Bach and the Bach family alive today. "If students really want to experience and learn about the music of Bach," he says, "there is no better way than going to Emmanuel on Sundays. It will put them in touch with another world." Wolff praises Emmanuel for its diligent study of Bach, whom he says paved the path for composers all the way through the modern age. "Bach showed us that you can write in all 24 keys and mold music that is technically...
...Emmanuel Church is located at 15 Newbury St. next to the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Arlington Green Line T stop. Services take place Sundays at 10 a.m., followed by a Bach cantata during the academic year. If you have any questions, call 536-3356. Very reduced student prices for concerts available...
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