Bach Cantata Pilgrimage

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Bach Cantata Pilgrimage is a landmark project led by conductor John Eliot Gardiner in which he and his ensembles performed and recorded all of J.S. Bach’s surviving church cantatas within a single liturgical year at venues across Europe and the U.S.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Bach performance project
concert tour
recording project
aimsTo perform all surviving Bach church cantatas within one liturgical year
associatedWith Bach Year 2000
endYear 2000
focusesOn church cantatas
sacred cantatas
followsCalendar church year
liturgical year
hasArtisticDirector John Eliot Gardiner
hasComposer Johann Sebastian Bach
hasConductor John Eliot Gardiner
hasCriticalReception highly acclaimed
hasDocumentation liner notes by John Eliot Gardiner
tour diaries
hasFormat CD
box set
hasGenre Baroque sacred music
classical music
hasLabel Soli Deo Gloria
hasScope complete surviving church cantatas of J. S. Bach
hasSignificance landmark Bach recording project
major contribution to Bach performance history
includesActivity concert tours
live performances
live recordings
includesRepertoire Bach’s surviving church cantatas
includesWorkType cantata
language German
Latin
organizedBy John Eliot Gardiner
Monteverdi Choir and Orchestras
linked to: Monteverdi Choir
performedAt Eisenach
Köthen
London
linked to: London, England

New York City
Nikolaikirche, Leipzig
Paris
Royal Albert Hall, London
linked to: Royal Albert Hall

St. Bartholomew’s Church, New York
St. John’s, Smith Square, London
Thomaskirche, Leipzig
linked to: Thomaskirche

Weimar
concert halls
various churches
performedBy English Baroque Soloists
Monteverdi Choir
Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique
performedIn Europe
France
Germany
Italy
Netherlands
Spain
Switzerland
United Kingdom
United States
United States of America
recordingsReleasedBy Soli Deo Gloria
relatedTo Bach cantata cycle recordings
complete Bach cantata projects
startYear 2000
usesInstruments period instruments
usesPerformancePractice historically informed performance

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John Eliot Gardiner notableWork Bach Cantata Pilgrimage