Episode 10 of #BACH52 is now live! This episode is the second of a mini series about Boston’s Emmanuel Music and Emmanuel Church - a very special place for the music of #Bach.
This episode features an interview with Kate Sheeran who is the Executive Director of Kaufman Music Center and soon-to-be Dean of the Eastman School of Music.
Episode 8 of #BACH52 is now live! This episode is the first of a mini series about Boston’s Emmanuel Music and Emmanuel Church - a very special place for the music of #Bach.
Episode 7 of #BACH52 is now up! A moving interview with Grammy-nominated countertenor Reginald Mobley, who generously shares of his personal experiences performing Bach’s music and speaks powerfully about how we can’t hoard his music and how it should be accessible to anyone who wants it.
This episode features a moving and insightful chat with San Francisco Conservatory of Music Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, Michael Roest, who is also the founder and director of the International Pride Orchestra…
This episode's featured interviewee is Steven Zohn, General Editor of The American Bach Society and Musicologist at Temple University. We had a fascinating conversation about…
American tenor Nicholas Phan won the 2025 Grammy® Award for Best Opera Recording for his starring role on the world premiere recording of Kaija Saariaho’s Adriana Mater. This was his fifth Grammy® Award nomination and his first win...
“…’Reiner Geist, lass doch mein Herz,’ …a beautiful work that shows more than a touch of Italian opera influence. Much less celebratory than the surrounding Bach cantatas, the piece in this performance owed much to Phan, who was a phenomenal soloist. His legato was unshakeable…“. – San Francisco Chronicle
“Nicholas Phan is a fine protagonist, steering this provocative course between cantata and musical theatre. His fervent, crystalline diction fuels the revolution, not that the electrically democratic Palaver Strings are short of ideas. Phan gives Farayi Malek the final word, and it’s a soulful call to action”
“…[Phan] opened the evening with “Comfort ye,” not only comforting but also smiting with his expressiveness. In “Every valley shall be exalted” he gave a virtual a master class in how to sing a melisma…”
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Johann Sebastian BACH: Ich glaube, lieber Herr, hilf meinem Unglauben, BWV 109
Johann Sebastian BACH: Ich habe meine Zuversicht, BWV 188