Barbara Schlick, Soprano Kai Wessel, Contralto James Taylor, Tenor Peter Kooy, Bass Collegium Vocale Gent Philippe Herreweghe, Conductor Music for Easter Each of the compositions on this record was destined to celebrate the Easter festivities, but was originally a secular piece. The borderline between the terrestrial and the celestial worlds meant very little to Bach, who, making full use of the principle of the parody, here created two quite extraordinary cantatas and an Easter Oratorio.