Monthly Archives: April 2014

Wednesday Update

Above are our excellent gambists and recorder players, playing the opening sonata from Cantata 106.  The gut strings of the gambas have a richness and resonance that harkens to another age, as does the pure, rossignol-like tone of the recorders.  Tonight’s rehearsal was for the reduced forces for the Friday afternoon concerts.  Even with a… Continue Reading »

Festival Repertoire: Young Meister Bach, and an update

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQAW4xoPQuI&w=560&h=315]   Watch the video above for an introduction to and taste of Saturday morning’s performances of our new comic opera.  You can also read more about the process of bringing it to life, both at our Family Concert, and at the German Society of Pennsylvania, by scrolling down below. The Choir and the Bach Festival… Continue Reading »