Bach's coffee cantata

[BoliverAllmon]

what are your thoughts on this piece?

[ahinton]

what are your thoughts on this piece?

Now I do realise that what I am about to write might be seen as somewhere to the side of - if not actually off - topic, but I could not resist mentioning the delightful schoolboy howler question and answer below:

Q. There are three famous references to coffee in titles of musical works, one being Bach's "Coffee Cantata" and another the 1930s song "You're the Cream in my Coffee"; what is the third one?

A.

Well, rather than giving you the answer right now, I'll provide instead the clue that it is by Dutilleux and leave you to work it out for yourself; let me know if you get stuck...

Best,

Alistair

[BoliverAllmon]

I think (and this could be way off) it is his string quartet. something la nuit. something about liking coffee dark.

boliver

[shasta]

Great piece!  My chamber music buddies and I performed part of it (Lieschen's Aria, maybe??) in a chamber music competition ~12 years ago.

[ahinton]

I think (and this could be way off) it is his string quartet. something la nuit. something about liking coffee dark.

boliver

Ainsi la nuit. Indeed a splendid piece - but not quite the answer here! Have another think (you'll probably hate the answer when you know it!)...

Meanwhile - back to the score I've almost completed (must take care not to spill any coffee over it...espresso and espressivo don't mix too well...)

Best,

Alistair

[BoliverAllmon]

I am stuck. I searched online for a clue, but nothing comes up.

[ahinton]

I am stuck. I searched online for a clue, but nothing comes up.

OK - so I will now, "without further ado" (as they say in England), "put you out of your misery" (as they also say in England - although in this particular case it may well be a mater of putting you into rather than out of same)...

The answer is...


"Mystère de l'Instant"

Geddit?...

Oh, never mind. Let's now get back to discussing the Bach cantata which is the proper subject of this thread.

Best,

Alistair

[BoliverAllmon]

sorry, I don't get it at all.

[Dazzer]

instant mystery
instant coffee

man... its cold in here

[ahinton]

instant mystery
instant coffee

man... its cold in here

Or, more to the point, it's a mystery why anyone would want to drink "instant" coffee when the real thing is so easily available...

Now - back to Bach, yes? (albeit not in the Stravinskian sense)...

Best,

Alistair

[ahmedito]

I accompanied the whole thing in piano reduction (IT WAS HARD)

I love it. To think Bach even made commercial jingles.

[ahinton]

To think Bach even made commercial jingles.

But then wqas there anything in music as it was in his day of which Bach wasn't capable?

Best,

Alistair

[BoliverAllmon]

nope, i don't think anything was out of his reach.