Production required seven or 8 singers to collaborate by stepping forward at the proper time to sing solos into the horn and back for choral numbers.

"Company" is a multi-level choral number, a positive testament to the good things in life.

A jubilant dance suite and choral numbers conclude the act.

Tempos in the middle choral numbers sometimes sagged, and the music lost its tautness.

All choral numbers were cut to focus more on the primary characters.

Even many of the choral numbers, with their use of dissonant counterpoint and lonely solo lines, convey somber, barbed introspection.

The solos tend to screech or get tinny, while the big, hearty choral numbers become a gray blur of boisterousness.

As the choral numbers are lost, it is unknown whether any chorale theme had been used by Bach as inspiration for the writing.

So it is not surprising that the choral numbers were the highlights of this production, well led by Christopher Larkin in the pit.

The choral numbers take various forms.