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Bach - A Family Affair
Works by Europe's greatest musical dynasty
Part of the Epsom Chamber Choir Season 2017-2018
Add to my Calendar 24-03-2018 19:30 24-03-2018 21:30 36 Bach - A Family Affair A programme exploring the music of JS Bach, his forebears and others who influenced him. The choir will be performing under guest conductor Jack Apperley, who is currently studying for a Masters in Choral Conducting at the Royal Academy of Music. Two of Johann Sebastian Bach’s finest and most dramatic motets will be at the heart of the concert: ‘Komm, Jesu Komm’ and ‘Jesu Meine Freude’. Also being performed are works by three other Bachs (Johannes, Johann Christoph and Johann Michael), and music by two further composers who influenced the great man: Heinrich Schütz and Johann Kuhnau. This concert delivers a unique perspective that pays tribute to the music of the men on whose shoulders JS Bach stands. JS’s own influence continues, and the choir will also sing a 20th century re-imagining of a Bach chorale by Norwegian composer Knut Nystedt. St Martin of Tours Church, Epsom DD/MM/YYYYDetails
St Martin of Tours Church
Church Street
Epsom
Surrey
KT17 4PX
England
Programme
Johann Sebastian Bach – Jesu, meine Freude (motet), BWV 227
Johann Sebastian Bach – Komm, Jesu, komm (motet), BWV 229
Knut Nystedt – Immortal Bach
Johann Kuhnau – Tristis est anima mea
Heinrich Schütz – Ich bin eine rufende Stimme, SWV 383
Heinrich Schütz – Selig sind die Toten, SWV 391
Johann Michael Bach – Das Blut Jesu Christi (motet)
Johann Sebastian Bach – Unser Leben ist ein Schatten, motet
Johann Christoph Bach – Der Gerechte, ob er gleich (motet)
Performers
Jack Apperley – Conductor
Epsom Chamber Choir
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Programme Note
A programme exploring the music of JS Bach, his forebears and others who influenced him. The choir will be performing under guest conductor Jack Apperley, who is currently studying for a Masters in Choral Conducting at the Royal Academy of Music.
Two of Johann Sebastian Bach’s finest and most dramatic motets will be at the heart of the concert: ‘Komm, Jesu Komm’ and ‘Jesu Meine Freude’. Also being performed are works by three other Bachs (Johannes, Johann Christoph and Johann Michael), and music by two further composers who influenced the great man: Heinrich Schütz and Johann Kuhnau.
This concert delivers a unique perspective that pays tribute to the music of the men on whose shoulders JS Bach stands. JS’s own influence continues, and the choir will also sing a 20th century re-imagining of a Bach chorale by Norwegian composer Knut Nystedt.
