An Evening with J S Bach at Bath Abbey, Bath on Saturday 30th March 2019

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An Evening with J S Bach

Add to my Calendar 30-03-2019 19:30 30-03-2019 21:30 36 An Evening with J S Bach This intimate concert sees Bath Bach Choir return to its roots, showcasing two contrasting genres of Bach’s genius. Interspersed with the choir’s performance of four of his outstanding German motets, composed in the 1720s for the choir of St Thomas’s Leipzig, Marcus Sealy will perform two of Bach’s most scintillating organ works, using the full range of the abbey’s magnificent Klais organ.Bach spent his last 27 years as Kantor (director of music) at the Thomasschule attached to the church of St Thomas in Leipzig. His gruelling workload included teaching, producing music for services at four churches in the town, and providing compositions for important civic occasions. The motets were written during this extraordinarily busy period. In our concert we contrast the joyful sounds of Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden (Praise the Lord, all ye heathens) and Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied (Sing unto the Lord a new song) with the more contemplative Jesu, meine Freude (Jesu, my joy) and Komm, Jesu, komm (Come, Jesu, come). Bach would occasionally have made use of organ and cello continuo in St Thomas’s, and we will be using this authentic device for our concert also.The last time Bath Bach Choir performed Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden it was in front of Bach’s grave at the Thomaskirche in Leipzig – an unforgettable moment in this choir’s history. We look forward to giving an equally inspiring performance on 30 March 2019. Bath Abbey, Bath DD/MM/YYYY

Details

Bath Abbey
11a York Street
Bath
Somerset
BA1 1LT
England

Saturday 30th March 2019
7:30 PM

Programme

Johann Sebastian Bach – Komm, Jesu, komm (motet), BWV 229
Johann Sebastian Bach – Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden (motet), BWV 230
Johann Sebastian Bach – Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied (motet), BWV 225
Johann Sebastian Bach – Jesu, meine Freude (motet), BWV 227
Johann Sebastian Bach – Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 538

Performers

Nigel Perrin – Conductor
Marcus Sealy – organ
Barbara Degener – cello

Bath Bach Choir

Programme Note

This intimate concert sees Bath Bach Choir return to its roots, showcasing two contrasting genres of Bach’s genius. Interspersed with the choir’s performance of four of his outstanding German motets, composed in the 1720s for the choir of St Thomas’s Leipzig, Marcus Sealy will perform two of Bach’s most scintillating organ works, using the full range of the abbey’s magnificent Klais organ.

Bach spent his last 27 years as Kantor (director of music) at the Thomasschule attached to the church of St Thomas in Leipzig. His gruelling workload included teaching, producing music for services at four churches in the town, and providing compositions for important civic occasions. The motets were written during this extraordinarily busy period. In our concert we contrast the joyful sounds of Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden (Praise the Lord, all ye heathens) and Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied (Sing unto the Lord a new song) with the more contemplative Jesu, meine Freude (Jesu, my joy) and Komm, Jesu, komm (Come, Jesu, come). Bach would occasionally have made use of organ and cello continuo in St Thomas’s, and we will be using this authentic device for our concert also.

The last time Bath Bach Choir performed Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden it was in front of Bach’s grave at the Thomaskirche in Leipzig – an unforgettable moment in this choir’s history. We look forward to giving an equally inspiring performance on 30 March 2019.

Bath Bach Choir and Nigel Perrin in Bath Abbey

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