Bach Cantatas
21 October 2016, 10:00pm 27 July 2024 - 12:59am
We conclude our Bach day with a special evening of Bach Cantatas, performed by the singers and instrumentalists of the Oxford Bach Soloists. This is part of their ongoing survey of Bach's complete choral works.
Oxford Bach Soloists
Tom Hammond-Davies conductor
Cecilia Osmond soprano
Alexander Chance alto
James Gilchrist tenor
Ben Davies bass
James Gilchrist will also be performing Schumann's 1840 settings of Robert Reinick, Six Poems from the Songbook of a Painter at the Holywell Music Room on 27th October and at our Festive Finale at Saint John the Evangelist on 29th October.
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Programme
- Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)
- Cantata 89: Was soll ich aus dir machen, Ephraim (1723) BWV 89
- Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856)
- Fugue No 1 on B-A-C-H Op. 60 no.1 from Six Fugues on B-A-C-H
- Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)
- Cantata 115: Mache dich, mein Geist, bereit BWV 115
- Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856)
- Fugue No 4 on B-A-C-H Op. 60 no.4 from Six Fugues on B-A-C-H
- Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)
- Cantata 55: Ich armer Mensch, ich Sündenknecht (1726) BWV 55
Artists
Series
14 October 2016 | 8:00am