Christmas-Oratorium by J.S. Bach
Under the Christmas tree this year the LinKS network found the first Danish recording ever of this magnficent musical work.
The conductor is Per Enevold who is an enthusiastic Bach-interpreter. I talked to Per about conducting, leadership and Bach!
One of the key points I noticed from talking to Per is that the core collaboration between conductor and musicians is the experience that you send out a “message” of how you want this music to be interpretated and you receive the response which gives you inspiration back….and the learning circle goes on. It is not a matter of dictatory instructing - it is a dialogue and when it is brilliant and touches people, it is musicalart.
And Bach - how on earth can a piece of music be so incredibly fascinating an relevant almost 300 years after the piece is composed? Listen to per-enevold.mp3