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From:  MFoxy9795@a...
Date:  Tue Oct 29, 2002  10:35 pm
Subject:  Re: [vocalist] Bach cantata aria for light, high soprano

Could that be "Ich folge dir gleichfalls mit freudigen Schritten" from the St
J.?
Merry

In a message dated 10/29/2002 4:44:29 PM Eastern Standard Time,
peggyh@i... writes:

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> On Tue, 29 Oct 2002 11:43:48 -0500 Naomi Gurt Lind <naomi@n...>
> wrote:
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> > Folks --
> >
> > I'm looking to add a Bach aria to my repertoire
> > for auditions. I want an aria similar to those in Cantata 1 and Cantata 51
> --
> > something in a fairly fast tempo that moves the
> > voice. I also would like it to be somewhat off the beaten track, not
> something that every
> > soprano at the audition will be singing. Any
> > ideas?
>
> Naomi, I don't know how off the beaten track this is, but I've worked on a
> lovely aria from the St. John's Passion, the title of which isn't in my head
> (though I can hum the tune), but it's in the Schirmer Oratorio Anthology.
> It's in a graceful 3.
>
> Peggy
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