The liturgical year with Johann Sebastian Bach: Rondeau Production and Deutschlandradio Kultur are currently releasing a ten-disc CD series with Thomanerchor Leipzig (St Thomas\u2019s Boys Choir Leipzig). The choir presents selected cantatas for the liturgical year in new, vibrant recordings. The music for the liturgy holds a very special place at St Thomas\u2019s Church Leipzig: even today, the church\u2019s boys choir and the Gewandhausorchester (Gewandhaus Orchestra) perform a cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach every week. The present CD features three cantatas for the feast of the Ascension, composed and performed by Bach between 1724 and 1726: Wer da gl\u00e4ubet und getauft wird (BWV 37) has a fairly restrained scoring for a festal cantata, but is nonetheless musically highly appealing. With only five movements, the cantata Auf Christi Himmelfahrt allein (BWV 128) is rather short: its large-scale, eponymous opening chorale, however, is stunning. The longest cantata of this CD, Gott f\u00e4hret auf mit Jauchzen (BWV 43), has eleven movements and is of particularly festive character, expressed prominently by trumpets, timpani, and oboes. Georg Christoph Biller, current cantor at St Thomas, performs the cantatas with extraordinary boys\u2019 voices in the solo parts for soprano and alto, a sign of the new recording\u2019s unique quality.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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