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The Bach motets are considered one of the summits of the choral repertory. Their technical and aesthetic challenges are virtually unparalleled. New College approaches these works with its customary zest and energy, strongly characterizing the forward impulse of the music, and its dramatic qualities.
A debate turns around the numbers of singers Bach would have called upon to sing these pieces. What is abundantly clear is that institutional resources dictated the choice, as they do at New College. If New College’s ensemble is slightly larger then Bach’s, both groups, across three hundred years, are composed largely of student voices. This music is for a rising generation of musicians: an exemplar of excellence in polyphonic composition and singing.
Johann Sebastian Bach: Jesu, meine Freude, BWV 227
Jesu, meine Freude
Es ist nun nichts
Unter deinem Schirmen
Denn das Gesetz
Trotz dem alten Drachen
Ihr aber seid nicht fleischlich
Weg mit allen Schatzen
So aber Christus
Gute Nacht
So nun der Geist
Weicht, ihr Trauergeister
Johann Sebastian Bach: Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden, BWV 230
Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden, BWV 230
Johann Sebastian Bach: Komm, Jesu, komm, BWV 229
Komm, Jesu, komm
Drum schliess ich
Johann Sebastian Bach: Furchte dich nicht, ich bin bei dir, BWV 228
Furchte dich nicht, ich bin bei dir, BWV 228
Johann Sebastian Bach: Der Geist hilft unser Schwachheit auf, BWV 226
Der Geist hilft
Der aber die Herzen
Du heilige Brunst
Johann Sebastian Bach: Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied, BWV 225
Singet dem Herrn
Wie sich ein Vater
Lobet den Herrn in seinen Taten
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Jesu, meine Freude