It's summer time, and for many musicians this means travel! Many of us are on the road, living a one-suitcase existence for a few months. It has its challenges, but the rewards are great -
performing music for audiences familiar and unfamiliar, connecting and re-connecting with colleagues, and, hopefully, fine weather!
This particular summer not a day is going by without me thinking about this September's SweetWater weekend, and specifically the B Minor Mass of Bach. This is a larger project than anything
we have ever attempted before. And like the summer lives of musicians, it has its challenges and rewards.
Many people consider the B Minor Mass to be one of the greatest works ever written. I agree. If you'd like to hear it in advance of our performance in September, there are several
available to stream online via youtube. Just a warning - it's big! Maybe start with listening to a movement or two a day instead of trying to digest the whole thing at once.
It's big. It's Bach. It's B Minor.
B there in September!
From Colorado,
MF
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