Monday night January 2 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s “The New York Philharmonic This Week”. You’ll hear Bach’s “Sing unto the Lord a New Song” and “Magnificat”. Also on the program, Mendelssohn’s “Magnificat” and “Christus”. Masaaki Suzuki conducts.

Wednesday night July 13 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s the second program in a new season from the “Los Angeles Philharmonic”. Soprano Camilla Tilling is the soloist in Mahler’s “4th Symphony”. Music Director Gustavo Dudamel conducts. Also on the program Steven Mackey’s “Fantasy for Trumpet and Orchestra”.

Bach wrote over 100 cantatas. The Cantata #21 (I had much affliction) is one of Bach's more famous cantatas.