Steven Zohn on flauto traverso, with members of the Choral Arts choir and the Philadelphia Bach Collegium. (Photo by Sharon Torello) FEBRUARY 17, 2017
by Tom Purdom, for BroadStreetReview.com
Was Bach a deeply devout Christian or a professional musician who wrote a lot of religious pieces because the churches were one of the major commissioning institutions? It’s a question that’s intrigued me since I first started thinking about the relationships between artists and the societies that support them. The lectures delivered at the latest Bach@7 concerts suggested we should check the box marked “both.”
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by Tom Purdom, for BroadStreetReview.com
Was Bach a deeply devout Christian or a professional musician who wrote a lot of religious pieces because the churches were one of the major commissioning institutions? It’s a question that’s intrigued me since I first started thinking about the relationships between artists and the societies that support them. The lectures delivered at the latest Bach@7 concerts suggested we should check the box marked “both.”
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