Monday, June 14, 2010

J.S. Bach's "Coffee Cantata" Performed by Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart and Bach-Collegium Stuttgart, Directed by Helmuth Rilling








Schweigt stille, plaudert nicht, BWV 211 ("Be still, stop chattering"), a.k.a. Bach's Coffee Cantata, "is a secular cantata written... between 1732 and 1734, [which, though] classified as a cantata, it is essentially a miniature comic opera. In a satirical commentary, the cantata amusingly tells of an addiction to coffee, a pressing social problem in eighteenth century Leipzig, where this work was premiered." Another, less serious, rendition of the final chorus by members of the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig — Bach - Coffee Cantata ''Schweigt stille, plaudert nicht'' BWV 211 - Final Chorus.

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