Bach Cantata Virtual Performance BWV 62 Mvt. 1

Nun komm der Heiden Heiland BWV 62 For two years the Malaysia Bach Festival Singers and Orchestra have been looking forward to performing at the St. Thomas Church during Bachfest Leipzig 2020 in June. Since the festival has now been postponed to 2022 we decided to make a virtual performance recording of a complete cantata Nun komm der Heiden Heiland BWV 62 one of the three cantatas which we were going to perform at the festival. Heres the opening chorus movement and more to come. We would like to especially thank our baritone Caleb Woo who has spent much effort and incredible amount of time to compile engineer and produce the audio. We would also like to thank members of the Malaysia Bach Festival Singers and Orchestra who voluntarily contributed to this very challenging recording project even during this very trying time. Scenes of the St. Thomas Church seen throughout the video was filmed by our videographer Moses Lim. Our gratitude also extended to Carus-Verlag for sponsoring us the Urtext performance score. May this recording bring much hope and joy to our friends both near and far and we look forward so much to the day when we will actually perform at the St. Thomas Church in Leipzig. MALAYSIA BACH FESTIVAL SINGERS Chew Shi Yun Soprano Kuala Lumpur Rachel Kwok Soprano Hong Kong Esther Ting Soprano New York Chia Wee Kiat Alto Boston Lee Mei Yen Alto Kuala Lumpur Chan Wei En Alto Singapore Okawa Tan Tenor Sarawak Pablo Willey-Bustos Tenor New York Caeleb Tee Tenor Kuala Lumpur Caleb Woo Baritone Hong Kong Bryan Sim Baritone Selangor Chin Vun Chieh Baritone Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA BACH FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA Bernice Ooi Concertmaster Sweden Lee Hai Lin Violin 1 Kuala Lumpur Mabel Wong Violin 1 Kuala Lumpur Wong Lu Ee Violin 2 Kuala Lumpur Lisa Chia Violin 2 Kuala Lumpur Keng Xin Tian Violin 2 Kuala Lumpur Andrew Filmer Viola Kuala Lumpur Angela Lou Viola Kuala Lumpur Chong Eugene Cello Kuala Lumpur U-En Ng Viola da gamba Kuala Lumpur Clement Leong Double bass Kuching Nelson Wong Oboe Kuala Lumpur Shigeki Sasaki Oboe Japan Howard Ng Oboe Singapore Midori Suzuki Bassoon Japan David Chin Conductor Harpsichord Selangor Through Music We Are Connected,

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