Post by 特斯拉 on Nov 3, 2021 21:35:41 GMT -5
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John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
If I was forced to choose just one work of Bach’s to prove he was the greatest of all composers of religious music, it would be the “Actus Tragicus” (Cantata 106), written when he was only 22.
What makes it so special? It was written for a funeral, but we don’t know whose. And like so many of his works on the subject of death, it’s serene and basically optimistic — never morbid or saccharine. Bach himself knew a thing or two about death; having lost both his parents before his 10th birthday, he was forced to dig deep and become self-reliant. This music is not just extraordinarily beautiful — it’s consoling. Ask anyone in need of solace when coping with grief: It doesn’t matter if they’re Christian, agnostic or atheist, if they’ve somehow been directed to the “Actus Tragicus” they find inspiration and comfort.
John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
If I was forced to choose just one work of Bach’s to prove he was the greatest of all composers of religious music, it would be the “Actus Tragicus” (Cantata 106), written when he was only 22.
What makes it so special? It was written for a funeral, but we don’t know whose. And like so many of his works on the subject of death, it’s serene and basically optimistic — never morbid or saccharine. Bach himself knew a thing or two about death; having lost both his parents before his 10th birthday, he was forced to dig deep and become self-reliant. This music is not just extraordinarily beautiful — it’s consoling. Ask anyone in need of solace when coping with grief: It doesn’t matter if they’re Christian, agnostic or atheist, if they’ve somehow been directed to the “Actus Tragicus” they find inspiration and comfort.
"serene and basically optimistic — never morbid or saccharine"