Performer Focus: Noel Rainbird
In this edition we meet bassoonist Noel Rainbird who at York University did a module on music and poetry and wrote a thesis on Music in the Third Reich. So how did you find yourself specialising in period music? I was studying modern bassoon with Martin Gatt,...
What to expect at our Magnificat concert
Coming up in November from the Oxford Bach Soloists is a concert featuring music by Vivaldi, Bach and Mozart. One of the highlights will be Vivaldi’s glorious setting of the Magnificat. We find out more… Bach’s popular and wonderful Magnificat often...
Bach Cantata: Gelobet sei der Herr, mein Gott (BWV 129)
The date of composition of this cantata is uncertain. It seems probable that Bach first performed it either during the 1726 Reformation Festival, which was always celebrated in Leipzig on 31st October, or on Trinity Sunday in the following year. Thereafter the piece...
Gelobet sei der Herr (Singing the Creed Joyfully)
Johann Olearius’ (1611-1684) hymn ‘Gelobet sei der Herr’ is a quintessential Lutheran chorale. To access this post, you must purchase Dresden Court, Friend of Oxford Bach Soloists or Leipzig...
