Jan Gates
Festive Cantatas: J.S. Bach Magnificat & Cantata BWV 110
Chan Centre for the Performing Arts, 6265 Crescent Rd., UBC, VancouverBach’s Magnificat explores a wide spectrum of human responses to the Christmas story, from humility to ecstasy, sober consideration to laughing astonishment, and extroverted declamation to introspective affirmation. The musical result is polyphonic in every possible sense.