The opening Chorus from Bachs Cantata 10: "Meine Seel erhebt den Herren". This arrangement requires four instrumentals and either a soprano/mezzo, or a choir singing in unison (upper voices only) or simply a fifth instrumentalist to play thesimple Chorale theme. In 1989, in Oxford, a group of four bassoonist friends decided to form The Equal Opportunities Bassoon Quartet", and met regularly to rehearse. The wife of one of the players, Katherine Manville, often generously prepared a sumptuous me...