St Matthew

Confession: I don't listen to a lot of music by J.S. Bach. I like it, but I normally don't listen to it. I grew up with the hymns (chorales) and recognize a lot of the cantatas. But they never performed the Passions in my small town Lutheran church, they never played the cello concertos, and I rarely heard an invention. So I listened to the St Matthew Passion for the first time this weekend. It was amazing. It is immensely captivating and Bach is so dang good and composing- whether it is the way he sculpts a line or the instrumentation he uses.

If I get a chance to, I am going to check out the score today from the library to read as I listen to it.

Off to plan Women's Choir rehearsal and get their seating chart situated.