CANTATAS WITHOUT FISHING LINE (THE COMPLETE CANTATAS OF BACH)

EGLISE SAINT EXUPERE, Allées Jules Guesde

A meeting with the great Johann Sebastian Bach whose immense work remains largely to be discovered: the Toulouse Baroque Ensemble over the years traverses its some 200 cantatas, diary of a man who practiced his art with humility and the uncompromising demand of a good craftsman. With scores in hand, the musicians and choir gather for a public-rehearsal one and a half hours before performing the cantata. Artistic director Michel Brun punctuates this encounter with explanations and anecdotes that plunge you into the Baroque era and the oeuvre…