It all began in 1981 when a group of professional and amateur singers gathered in the baroque Eglise des Minimes in Brussels to sing Bach cantatas. The choir members have now performed each of Bach’s 200 or so works at their free monthly concerts.
Bach wrote the cantatas to be sung on religious feast days. ‘For the glory of God alone,’ he wrote at the end of each work.
The concerts are now held in the Eglise Saint-Jacques-sur-Coudenberg on Place Royale, where they attract a dedicated following of music lovers.
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