Bach Collegium marks 300th anniversary of 'St. John Passion' with Fort Wayne concert
Bach Collegium on Sunday will perform Johann Sebastian Bach's "St. John Passion," which is 300 years old this year.
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Bach to the future …. how the cello suites survived obscurity to capture the world
They’re one of the greatest glories of classical music but the Cello Suites took many decades to be appreciated and understood. Steven Isserlis tells the story of ‘one of the pillars of western civilisation’<br>
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The World Peace Jubilee & International Music Festival
For 18 days in the summer of 1872, Patrick S. Gilmore, an Irish-born impresario, led the largest concert in history. Some 20,000 singers and 2,000 musicians from around the world descended on Boston to participate in the World Peace Jubilee and International Music Festival, which ran from Bunker Hill Day to the Fourth of July, 1872. They performed in various ensembles and also en masse, to convey the joy, solace and inspiration that music brings, and to express a profound relief, even if temporary, that there was peace in the world. The man behind the festival was Patrick S. Gilmore, a gifted...
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