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LBS Bachfest:2024
Rediscovering Bach...1724
Part of the Bachfest 2024 Festival
Add to my Calendar 31-10-2024 19:00 31-10-2024 21:00 36 LBS Bachfest:2024 Rediscovering Bach is a series of festivals to relaunch the London Bach Society post Covid-19. This year there is a focus on the year 1724 to mark the 300th anniversary of Bach's second cycle (1724-1725), known as the chorale-based cycle. This opening concert is also being presented on Reformation Festival Day and the foundation of the Lutheran Church, which Bach served all his life. The spendid and festive Cantata BWV 80 sums up the joy of the occasion and BWV 62 (Leipzig December 1724).a fine example from his second cycle, Leipzig December 1724. St George's Hanover Square, London DD/MM/YYYYDetails
St George's Hanover Square
Mill Street
Mayfair
London
W1S 1FX
England
Programme
Johann Sebastian Bach – Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott (cantata), BWV 80
Johann Sebastian Bach – Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland (cantata), BWV 62
Francois Couperin – Le Parnasse ou L'Apotheose de Corelli
Performers
Rodolfo Richter – violin
Steinitz Bach Players
Bach Consort
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Programme Note
Rediscovering Bach is a series of festivals to relaunch the London Bach Society post Covid-19. This year there is a focus on the year 1724 to mark the 300th anniversary of Bach's second cycle (1724-1725), known as the chorale-based cycle. This opening concert is also being presented on Reformation Festival Day and the foundation of the Lutheran Church, which Bach served all his life. The spendid and festive Cantata BWV 80 sums up the joy of the occasion and BWV 62 (Leipzig December 1724).a fine example from his second cycle, Leipzig December 1724.
