Christmas without the music of Bach is not Christmas. No other composer before or since has been able to capture the joy of the Nativity and the hope and renewal that springs forth from it so perfectly. Over 6 Cantatas, Bach takes us on a journey through the Christmas story from the birth of Jesus, […]

Christmas without the music of Bach is not Christmas. No other composer before or since has been able to capture the joy of the Nativity and the hope and renewal that springs forth from it so perfectly. Over 6 Cantatas, Bach takes us on a journey through the Christmas story from the birth of Jesus, […]

At age twenty-three, Mozart composed the incidental music to von Gebler’s 1773 play Thamos, King of Egypt. His first venture into music for the theatre, it is a prequel to The Magic Flute. Its orchestral suite of four entr’actes has often been recorded but the full work with its stirring choruses is rarely staged. Coolamon […]