cantata
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Without a break, Dudamel began Estévez’s complex cantata, which he conducted from memory, with a searing fury that did not let up for 35 minutes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2026
Hitchcock gave Herrmann the choice of writing a new cantata, but Herrmann realized that nothing could outdo “Storm Clouds.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026
In the original, from 1934, Hitchcock united a cantata by one of his favorite composers, Arthur Benjamin, with the climax of a kidnap-assassination plot in a dramatic blending of action and music.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026
In 2004, a Bach cantata that had been lost for decades was rediscovered in the papers of Japanese pianist Chieko Hara.
From Barron's ● Nov. 17, 2025
In the cantata the tune represented a tragic Muslim Princess, Erminia, during the Crusades.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
Bach’s cantatas were limited by the forces available to him in a given week.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 24, 2026
Yet many musicians long considered the roughly 220 extant cantatas of J.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 24, 2026
The baritone Roderick Williams joined them for cantatas by Bach and Telemann.
From New York Times ● Feb. 13, 2023
His sacred cantatas and passions, and none more so than the “St. Matthew Passion,” include some of the most profound drama by this most profound of composers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 19, 2022
Whether I play the blues or boogies, concertos or cantatas, I forget about me.
From "Blended" by Sharon M. Draper
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