At 12:18 AM -0400 9/6/07, Kim Patrick Clow wrote:
On 9/5/07, John Howell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Modern performances with one singer on a part do not use young boys
whose voices have not changed, or young university men whose voices
have not been thoroughly trained. At least that is true of every
example I have heard.
Have you heard the Harnoncourt Bach cantata edition? He uses boys
choirs for the chorus and soprano/alto solos.
Yes, I know them well. But that isn't what I was saying. I've yet
to hear a one-on-a-part performance with boys and young men singing
not only the solos but the "choruses." Both the Kings College and
the Wienerknaben choirs of boys and men were closer to 20 singers
each, and I admit that's what I have thought of as the "Bach" sound.
(NOT the Mormon Tabernacle Choir with the Berlin Phil!!!)
John
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