Something for National Coffee Day
29 Sep 2011 Leave a Comment
in Bach, Choral Works Tags: coffee, PostADay2011
In passing, I found out that today is National Coffee Day, so I wanted to commemorate it quickly. I drink it every day, and have drunk far too much of it lately. Water’s the best.
Anyway, it made me think of Bach’s Coffee Cantata, which I haven’t listened to in years. I looked up a translation, and discovered there are many–some more serious than others.
Here are performances in English and German:
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