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Sun Nov-14-04 07:54 PM
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| Ever listened to Bach's "Actus Tragicus?" It is too beautiful for words. |
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'Bach's Actus Tragicus comes as close as any piece of music I know towards piercing the membrane that separates the material world from whatever lies beyond it.' John Eliot Gardiner on the heart-rending symmetry of one of Bach's greatest works. Granta, Jan 9, 2002. http://www.granta.com/extracts/1432
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Sun Nov-14-04 08:00 PM
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I am listening to St. Matthew's passion as I type this.
i love Bach.
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| FuzzySlippers
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Sun Nov-14-04 08:01 PM
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| 2. I'm not familiar with this piece. |
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Bach is my favorite composer. I think his Mass in B minor is one of the most sublime musical works ever written.
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Sun Nov-14-04 08:21 PM
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| 3. I don't think so, I'll have to get it, Bach is great. |
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Sun Nov-14-04 08:55 PM
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Dry your eyes. It is short, but too beautiful for words.
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Mon Nov-15-04 07:06 PM
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| 5. Ordered it after listening to excerpts at Amazon, got it used, |
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the version conducted by Gardiner. The excerpts sounded beautiful - on cheap PC speakers.
I don't know how Bach did it.
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no, but thanks
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Get it.