Moving Into Music – Music for Easter: Pick 1# J.S. Bach: Easter Oratorio BWV 249 …

In April, Lauris Hing – Moving Into Music’s Principal wrote …

Easter is a very special time of year for many folk and cultures. It is a very special time for music. Many of the most significant Oratorios and large-scale musical compositions were written by the great classical composers as part of Easter rituals, services and celebrations. Beloved by orchestras and choirs around the world – these works give a wonderful opportunity for singers, players, conductors and audiences alike to enjoy the spiritual and uplifting experiences of performing and witnessing the grandeur of these colossal works.

In the MIM Monthly newsletter we give you three top picks of the most acclaimed and most powerful Easter music. We trust you will enjoy seeing and hearing them via video performances. We have chosen performances from London, from Luxembourg and locally – from Sydney.

Moving Into Music’s Three Top Picks – Music for Easter:

PIck 1 # J.S. Bach: Easter Oratorio BWV 249 …

We recommend viewing this performance of the Easter Oratorio for The Proms, Royal Albert Hall, London 2013, conducted by Sir John Eliot Gardiner.

It features the Monteverdi Choir and orchestra who undertook a world-wide pilgrimage performing all of Bach’s Cantatas and producing 28 Albums … before this appearance at the Proms. In 2020 … in review of this video, Sir John Eliot Gardiner remarked “This is music to calm your soul. I hope those watching will enjoy this incredibly uplifting work by Bach this Eastertide – especially in these troubling times”. It remains highly relevant this year as we emerge from 2 years of lockdowns and take the first steps to open up and face the world. Learn about this work through an illuminating interview with the maestro conductor at the start. He reveals how this joyous and uplifting work restores equilibrium. BBC Proms presenter, Suzy Klein says “in this recording we hear the music performed by the most knowledgeable Bach musicians on the planet.”