Written for the funeral of Bach’s uncle Tobi?
mainThe latest instalment in the Netherlands Bach Society’s weekly video series of the complete works of J S Bach is the mysterious Actus Tragicus, an early cantata which some scholars believe responds to a family death.
The soloists are Dorothee Mields (soprano), Alex Potter (alto), Charles Daniels (tenor) and Tobias Berndt (bass).
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