The liturgical year with Johann Sebastian Bach: in celebration of the 800th anniversary of Thomanerchor Leipzig (St Thomas\u2019s Boys Choir), Rondeau Production is publishing a ten-part CD series which presents a selection of cantatas for the liturgical year. In Leipzig, music for the liturgical year has an especially well kept tradition: up to the present day Thomanerchor Leipzig (St Thomas\u2019s Boys Choir) and the Gewandhausorchester (Gewandhaus Orchestra) join forces each week in the performance of one of Johann Sebastian Bach\u2019s cantatas at the church of St Thomas. Like the recently released CD containing cantatas for Advent, the disc for the feast of Epiphany presents works for the beginning of the liturgical year: the Epiphany is the first ecclesiastic feast day of the new calendar year. Celebrated on 6 January, it follows on seamlessly from the Christmas celebrations and those for the turn of the year. Translated from Greek, epiphany originally means \u2018appearance of the Lord.\u2019 The recorded cantatas \u201cSie werden aus Saba alle kommen\u201d (BWV 65), \u201cAch Gott, wie manches Herzeleid\u201d (BWV 3), and \u201cAlles nur nach Gottes Willen\u201d (BWV 72) emphatically relate the biblical message to the reality of mankind in the present. This makes Johann Sebastian Bach\u2019s cantatas, first and foremost, musical sermons. The cantatas were written for the feast day of Epiphany itself, and for the following Sundays. The current cantor at St Thomas, Georg Christoph Biller, is fortunate to have boys from the choir\u2019s own ranks performing the soprano and alto solos; a hallmark of the new recording\u2019s unique level of artistry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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