Word: gerichter
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...conductor was as capable of holding his ensemble back as bringing them out. The tenor aria in "Herr, gehe nicht ins Gericht" (BWV 105) contains many rapid sixteenth-note passages in the instrumental parts. Tenor Karl Dan Sorensen displayed a voice that was light, supple and unforced, but nonetheless somewhat diminutive--potentially something of a problem in Sanders Theatre. But Kirchner kept the instrumentalists down to a virtuosic pianissimo, and in spite of the busyness of the parts and his own brisk tempo, the aria was a model of balance and clarity...
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