tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11380345.post4314166356013346612..comments2024-03-17T12:16:42.048-07:00Comments on Civic Center: Bach to Bach WeekendCivic Centerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12362422142667230626noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11380345.post-42714047998470021012014-05-08T10:49:21.503-07:002014-05-08T10:49:21.503-07:00Dear TK: I have heard of it but never been. I'...Dear TK: I have heard of it but never been. I've gotten awfully lazy about getting out of my Civic Center neighborhood because there's so much music going on within a couple of blocks walking distance.Civic Centerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12362422142667230626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11380345.post-28535456009821572242014-05-08T09:06:20.923-07:002014-05-08T09:06:20.923-07:00Somewhat off-topic, but did you know about 405 Shr...Somewhat off-topic, but did you know about <a href="http://www.405shrader.com/" rel="nofollow">405 Shrader</a>? I've never been but it looks like fun.TKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08123364195474763594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11380345.post-61449156378274772382014-05-07T07:05:02.317-07:002014-05-07T07:05:02.317-07:00I thought the chorus itself was in good voice - bu...I thought the chorus itself was in good voice - but short on passion. Since they follow their conductor (and/or chorus-master), my assumption was that were they directed to sing more fully, they would have. Yes, the alto was a bit off at the beginning of his solo aria, but recovered nicely for the rest. The debacle with the bass and the horn player was just wierd...I wonder if a few more rehearsals might have shored up the overall performance...sfphoneguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00550839449654716958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11380345.post-16737792388573896342014-05-06T23:02:26.886-07:002014-05-06T23:02:26.886-07:00That sounds like a great line-up indeed for the Ja...That sounds like a great line-up indeed for the Jauchzet Gott. Authenticity be damned. Even that stickler Harnoncourt recorded it with a female singer instead of using a boy soprano, as he did with every other Bach cantata. Baroque trumpets are a great argument for the invention of valves.<br /><br />I walked by Calvary Presbyterian this weekend during the intermission of the b-minor mass. I should have snuck in & heard Brian's Benedictus.Axel Feldheimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12517904558156089265noreply@blogger.com