Jody Hughes

The longer I live with Bach's vocal music, the more I am certain that it is there where we find him at his most whole, the most complete as a composer.

My path to Bach was a function of my upbringing and my instrument; for far too long I knew only instrumental music. When I discovered the cantatas, masses and oratorios, a different picture emerged, one I liked better.

Here, a few hours in advance of his birthday (O.S. 21 March 1685), is a solo cantata, Widerstehe doch der Sünde (BWV 54), sung by Maarten Engeltjes with the Netherlands Bach Society.

https://youtu.be/tBwjv-QJhIk?

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Bach - Cantata Widerstehe doch der Sünde BWV 54 - Mortensen | Netherlands Bach Society

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Show threadJody Hughes6d ago

The first piece that opened me up to the vocal side of Bach was the St John Passion, but immediately afterwards it was a disc with two cantatas on it – BWV 21 and BWV 42. (Both conducted by Philippe Herreweghe.)

https://youtu.be/0pE9YBSYS-E?

This is the second of those, and it's a stunner.

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J.S. Bach / Am Abend aber desselbigen Sabbats, BWV 42 (Herreweghe)

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