Beautiful. Just beautiful. I know, a boring, overused word, but I suppose it’s overused because it’s just the right word, as in this occasion. The concert with the Grand Philharmonic Choir was simply beautiful. I had never heard this venerable Bach composition before, but it is quintessentially Bach. Counterpoint galore and no need for rhyme and metre, and an overworked tenor, who did a fantastic job, there was no question as to the composer. Everything about this piece is “right”, as though Bach invented the moral standard for liturgical music. Great concert, great choir, great soloists, and great composer.
