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[camille_bacon_smith]

 Went to the Choral Arts' Bach Festival last night at St. Clements Church. Lovely. Started with a Bach Motet, then on to the Schütz Requiem, which was glorious, and the hit of the meeting. My favorite part was when three singers went up the aisle and sang in a call and response with the chorus. Lovely, Lovely. There was a third, very short, very modern Knut Nystedt piece to round out the evening.

Last year for the year of Bach cantatas, they split the chorus and alternated each half-chorus at the concerts, so it was a bit of a shock to hear the whole group together again. Especially for the Schütz, I was really glad of the full sound.

Here's a link to their website:  http://www.choralarts.com