Apart from some pitch problems in the opening aria, Miss Battle was better in Bach's "Wedding" Cantata (BWV 202).

(Bach) Cantata No. 22 ("Wedding Cantata)"

It is an all-Bach program and includes the "Wedding" Cantata and music for oboe, cello and harpsichord.

The vocal lines of Bach's "Wedding" Cantata at the end faded into near obscurity next to the bright modern wind sound around her.

On the second half of the program she sang the "Wedding" Cantata (BWV 202), and was particularly appealing when she let her voice emerge gradually from the instrumental texture.

Other compositions featured on the program are J. S. Bach's "Wedding Cantata No. 202," with Joan Beal as the soprano soloist, and Durufle's Requiem, another choral work.

This venerable festival offers a typically alluring program, with Nancy Armstrong, a soprano, performing Bach's "Wedding" Cantata and songs of Purcell.

For this occasion he composed his so-called Wedding Cantata (Huwelikskantate).

Bach's "Wedding Cantata" adds a festive note and vocal slant to the otherwise instrumental proceedings (the soprano soloist is Dana Blanchard).

Included are the "Wedding" Cantata, the reconstructed Concerto for Oboe and Violin, and the "Brandenburg" Concerto No. 5.