Bach Eternal
Australian Brandenburg Orchestra- Add Bach Eternal: Friday 18 May 2012, 7:00pm to your calendar Friday 18 May 2012, 7:00pm
- Add Bach Eternal: Saturday 19 May 2012, 2:00pm to your calendar Saturday 19 May 2012, 2:00pm
- Add Bach Eternal: Saturday 19 May 2012, 7:00pm to your calendar Saturday 19 May 2012, 7:00pm
In 18th Century Leipzig, the most important musician in town was the cantor to the Thomaskirche (St Thomas Church). His name was Johann Sebastian Bach, and it was here that he wrote 300 cantatas. The Thomaskirche is now the final resting place of Bach, and although its baroque architecture has since disappeared, the heavenly choral music of one of the Baroque period's greatest composers lives on in the church and around the world.
In Bach Eternal, the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra and the celebrated Brandenburg Choir make a much anticipated return to the music of the composer who inspired their names. Featuring one of Bach's much loved cantatas, best known as Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring, this concert of divine voices, exhilarating organ and rousing period trumpets and horns will lift your heart and soothe your mind. Moving from the divine bliss of Bach to the royal splendour of Handel, this concert culminates in the triumphant sound of his Coronation Anthems My heart is inditing and Let thy hand be strengthened.
The Brandenburg Choir
with the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra
Paul Dyer – Artistic Director & Conductor
Program
BACH Sinfonia from Cantata Wir danken dir, Gott BWV 29
BACH Chorale "Jesus bleibet meine Freude" ("Jesu joy of man's desiring") from Cantata Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben
BACH Orchestral Suite No.1 in C major BWV 1066
BACH Opening chorus from Cantata Unser Mund sei voll Lachens BWV 110
ZELENKA Kyrie from Missa Sancti Josephi ZWV 14
TELEMANN Concerto for two horns in D major TWV: 52: D1
HANDEL Coronation Anthem No.2 My heart is inditing HWV 259
HANDEL Coronation Anthem No.4 Let thy hand be strengthened HWV 261
(Additional fees may apply)
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