Sunday, September 28, 2014

on BWV 191

As you now know, the additional work for this fall's concert is Bach's Gloria, BWV 191. This is almost identical to the Gloria found in the B Minor Mass. (For more information, visit the Wikipedia article.)

I tend to prefer the period instrument performances found online. For the purpose of learning the piece, however, these aren't entirely useful, since those ensembles are pitched a half-step lower than our "modern" pitch. 

Here's the D Major Gloria played beautifully in D-flat:




There are many performances out there on YouTube, so I'll let you make up your own mind. Be aware that there are three movements, and I've only posted one here.

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