Bach Collegium Japan: 30th Anniversary Concert: An online concert brought to you by Virtual Circle at Online event, London on Saturday 19th December 2020

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Bach Collegium Japan: 30th Anniversary Concert

An online concert brought to you by Virtual Circle

Add to my Calendar 19-12-2020 19:00 19-12-2020 21:00 36 Bach Collegium Japan: 30th Anniversary Concert Celebrating Bach Collegium Japan’s 30th Anniversary with this special online concert recorded in Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall and rebroadcast on Virtual Circle. The Ensemble perform a beautiful programme of Bach works culminating in his masterful and exciting Magnificat written in 1723 for the people of Leipzig. Masaaki Suzuki performs on the organ for Bach’s Fantasia and Fugue, one of the most haunting and tempestuous pieces of music in all of Bach’s output. Bach’s choral cantata Jesu, der du meine Seele based on the hymn by Johann Rist, demonstrates the joyful singing of Bach Collegium Japan’s chorus and their skill in singing the baroque repertoire. The soloists are Aki Matsui and Eri Sawae (soprano), Hiroya Aoki (alto), Makoto Sakurada (tenor), and Yusuke Watanabe (bass)JapanThis online concert is re-broadcast from Tokyo on Virtual Circle. 19:00 in GMT, CET, EST, PST timezones on 19 December Online event, London DD/MM/YYYY

Details

Online event

London
England

Saturday 19th December 2020
7:00 PM

Programme

Johann Sebastian Bach – Magnificat in D major, BWV 243
Johann Sebastian Bach – Jesu, der du meine Seele (cantata), BWV 78
Johann Sebastian Bach – Fantasia and Fugue in G minor, BWV 542

Performers

Masato Suzuki – Conductor / harpsichord
Masaaki Suzuki – organ

Bach Collegium Japan

Programme Note

Celebrating Bach Collegium Japan’s 30th Anniversary with this special online concert recorded in Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall and rebroadcast on Virtual Circle.

The Ensemble perform a beautiful programme of Bach works culminating in his masterful and exciting Magnificat written in 1723 for the people of Leipzig. Masaaki Suzuki performs on the organ for Bach’s Fantasia and Fugue, one of the most haunting and tempestuous pieces of music in all of Bach’s output. Bach’s choral cantata Jesu, der du meine Seele based on the hymn by Johann Rist, demonstrates the joyful singing of Bach Collegium Japan’s chorus and their skill in singing the baroque repertoire.

The soloists are Aki Matsui and Eri Sawae (soprano), Hiroya Aoki (alto), Makoto Sakurada (tenor), and Yusuke Watanabe (bass)

JapanThis online concert is re-broadcast from Tokyo on Virtual Circle.

19:00 in GMT, CET, EST, PST timezones on 19 December

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