Lasting Impressions by T. Stephen Wager
A Holiday Feast with Fenimore Chamber Orchestra
Fenimore Chamber Orchestra gave its unofficial annual holiday concert on December 6 at Christ Church in Cooperstown before a near-capacity audience. The concert was presented in the usual fashion; that is, avowed masterpieces juxtaposed with superb musical works that could be considered masterpieces, but for whom time has, for various reasons, not been as kind.
One of the most beautiful works from the pen of J.S. Bach opened the concert; “Sheep May Safely Graze” from the Hunt Cantata, BWV 208. If the swift performance did not really convey “safely grazing” moments (this herd of sheep seemed as if they were making a mad dash to a rare sale at Bloomingdale’s), the striking beauty of the expected ensemble playing of the orchestra certainly made up for any lack of repose in the sheep.
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