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Jeffrey Thomas

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Stephen Hammer

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Tomà Iliev

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YuEun Gemma Kim

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Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen

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Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen Sings Bach

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St. Mark's Lutheran Church

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Saint Mark's Episcopal Church

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St. Stephen's Episcopal Church

Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen Sings Bach: Ich habe genug, BWV 82 Bach, J. S. (+5 More)

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Ich habe genug, BWV 82

Widerstehe doch der Sünde, BWV 54

Concerto for Violin and Oboe in C minor, BWV 1060R

8 Violin Sonatas, C 138-145

Sonatae unarum fidium

Sonata à 3 in D major, S-Uu 8:9

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Unequivocally one of Bach's most moving and haunting solo cantatas, Ich habe genug ("I have enough") presents a soul who has experienced life's blessings and who, having seen and felt enlightenment, is ready to pass into the next realm, rejoicing in his readiness. The music tugs on our empathy and compassion while, at the same time, gently encourages our own wishes for bliss.

With perhaps the most startling initial chord in any of Bach's compositions, the early cantata Widerstehe doch der Sünde ("Stand steadfast against transgression") is a work of outstanding effects and chromatic harmony. Bach called upon his youthful inspiration and contrapuntal mastery to create a soul-stirring and compelling admonishment to do good.

Perfectly paired with Bach’s cantatas, the program also includes the dynamic Concerto in C Minor for Oboe & Violin and richly sonorous works by German composers Johann Heinrich Schmelzer and Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber.

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Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen Sings Bach by Bach, J. S., Biber, Schmelzer, J. H., From (2023/2023), Conductor Jeffrey Thomas, St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Belvedere Park, United States

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