New Disease - "The Bach Addiction"

twistie01

Hi! I think I have a disease which causes me to listen to Bach day in and day out! - as long as they are good recordings that is!

Just joined the site. I'm a music student from Australia! Absloutely Addicted to Bach. Play piano but mostly I sing - huge choir nerd! Have studied Early Music Performance Practice and sing Tenor in some early music groups - particularly Bach, because it suits my voice, unlike that crappy overdramatic romantic oprera stuff Shocked

. Also teach Counterpoint at university, pretty much with all Bach examples. Great stuff.

Favourite pieces - So many - but my pet loves are the Motets, particularly, Jesu Meine Freude, Der Geist Hilft and Singet Dem Herrn. B Minor Mass is another one of my favourites, along with the passions of course and I could name plenty of Cantatas too which I like the best.

Would love to talk about Bach any time! Add me to your MSN. Most likely I'll be listening to some Bach at the same time Very Happy

Love,
twistie01
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For so long I couldn't pinpoint who my absoulte favourite composer was. Took me a while to realize that is was always Bach and always will be no matter what.

admin · Posted: Sun Jun 18, 2006 1:37 pm Post subject:

I just heard the complete B Minor Mass last week performed by the Orchestra Seattle and Seattle Chamber Singers conducted by George Shangrow. It was absolutely fantastic!

To people that don't appreciate Bach, I truly feel they have missed out on one of life's most precious gifts.
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ty8131990 · Tadpole Joined: 31 May 2006 Posts: 23

Even Mulder from X-Files says "I live for Bach!"

But since listening to the more "authentic" recordings, I can't live with Bach being played on modern instruments, especially the Clavier book on a grand piano.