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Re: Classical Directions...for 'Newbie(s)'
Posted: Tue Mar 05, 2013 1:32 pm
by Seán
james wrote:A suggestion if you want to try Bach choral music is the Magnificat .. its quite short and it's in Latin.
james
Agreed, it has instant appeal and Herreweghe's reading of it is sublime
Re: Classical Directions...for 'Newbie(s)'
Posted: Tue Mar 05, 2013 8:21 pm
by dhyantyke
james wrote:A suggestion if you want to try Bach choral music is the Magnificat .. its quite short and it's in Latin.
james
That sounds like a possibility.....will report back in due course, thanks
Re: Classical Directions...for 'Newbie(s)'
Posted: Tue Mar 05, 2013 11:23 pm
by james
Re: Classical Directions...for 'Newbie(s)'
Posted: Wed Mar 06, 2013 1:31 pm
by markof
Here is a link to a lecture by Christopher Hogwood on the the Magnificat.
http://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-e ... p-it-short
I hope you find it interesting.
Mark