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Bach Cantata – Schweigt Stille, Plaudert Nicht, BWV 211 – Part 1 of 2
Bach: Coffee Cantata, Schweigt stille, plaudert nicht, BWV 211 – Thomas Crawford, Music Director and Founder. American Classical Orchestra. Feb 24, 2010 at Church of the Blessed Sacrament. Featuring Kristen…
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Telemann’s Canary Cantata, 1 of 3
Telemann’s “Canary” Cantata is a tragic-comic composition about a pet canary being killed by a cat. The cantata, titled “Cantata or Funeral Music for an Artistically Trained Canary-Bird Whose Demise…
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Georg Philipp Telemann
…his musical talents quickly earned him local fame. The municipal authorities recognized his organizational prowess and commissioned him to assist the organist of Thomaskirche, Johann Kuhnau. Besides composing church cantatas,…
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Vaughan Williams – Hodie, A Christmas Cantata
Vaughan Williams’ Hodie: A Christmas Cantata, featuring Gale, Tear, and Roberts. The cantata tells the story of the birth of Jesus Christ….
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Telemann’s Canary Cantata, 3 of 3
Telemann’s “Canary” Cantata is a tragic-comic composition about the death of a canary. It was composed around 1737 and is believed to have been commissioned by a pet lover in…
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Telemann Cantata – Seele, Lerne Dich Erkennen
Telemann’s Cantata “Seele, lerne dich erkennen” TWV1:1258 performed by Ensemble Caprice, featuring Monika Mauch and directed by Matthias Maute. Includes soprano, recorder, and basso continuo….
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Largo from Cantata No. 156 by J.S. Bach
J.S. Bach’s Largo from Cantata no. 156 arranged for guitar by Jodacil Damaceno. The sheet music is available from Columbia Music with code CO 205….
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Leopold Mozart – Cantata Surgite, Mortui
Leopold Mozart’s Cantata ‘Surgite, mortui’ (1755)….
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Prokofiev – Cantata for the 20th Anniversary of the October Revolution
Prokofiev’s Cantata for the 20th Anniversary of the October Revolution – performed by Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra & Rotterdam Symphony Chorus, conducted by Valery Gergiev….
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Gloria e Imeneo – Cantata by Vivaldi, RV 687
Antonio Vivaldi’s Cantata “La Gloria e Imeneo,” performed by Ensemble JML….
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Sheep May Safely Graze by Johann Sebastian Bach
Bach’s “Sheep May Safely Graze” is from his Cantata 208, also known as the “Hunt Cantata.” It is a secular cantata with political undertones, contrary to its Christian imagery. The…
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Johann Sebastian Bach
…music needed for religious services each week, Bach immersed himself in writing cantatas. Among his notable works from this period are the “Christmas Oratorio,” a series of six cantatas that…