Posted on 04/30/2021 7:24:48 PM PDT by SamAdams76
Bach’s cantata 'Die Elenden sollen essen', performed by the Netherlands Bach Society for All of Bach, broke the ice in his new post. At last, his appointment as cantor in Leipzig had been finalised and he had moved with his family (almost 20 children!) from Köthen to Leipzig on 22 May 1723. And his first actual duties as cantor were carried out at the service on Sunday 30 May 1723.
Bach is a pain in the ass.
Every time I listen to him, I can’t listen to anyone else. He did it all, so there’s nothing left.
The only musicians that can take me away are Joe Satriani, Albert King and Rachmaninoff.
Now and then I’ll get inspired by one of the greats, Ludvig’s or Pyotr Ilyich’s respective Ninths (unreal!) or Handel when he’s on a roll, but even Mozart just seems a bore after too much Bach, not to mention the subsequent three centuries of crap.
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