Bach Motet
26 October Germany / Stuttgart
Programme
Johann Sebastian BachSinfonia from BWV 156 "Ich stehe mit einem Fuß im Grabe" (I stand with one foot in the grave)
Motet BWV 226 "Der Geist hilft unser Schwachheit auf" (The Spirit helps our weakness)
Sinfonia from BWV 42 "Am Abend aber desselbigen Sabbats"
Motet BWV 228 "Fürchte dich nicht"
Overture from BWV 21 "Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis"
Motet BWV 229 "Komm, Jesu, komm"
Motet BWV 227 "Jesu, meine Freude"
Concerto for 2 violins in D minor, BWV 1043, 2nd movement
Motet BWV 225 "Sing unto the Lord a new song"
Magnificent vocal architecture – Bach's motets are among his best-known vocal works. After his death, they remained part of the regular repertoire of the St. Thomas Choir in Leipzig. When the choir sang the double-choir motet "Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied" for W. A. Mozart in April 1789, it was a key experience for the famous guest from Vienna, who wrote in his copy of the score: "NB, a whole orchestra would have to be added to this." This was not unfamiliar to Bach, and so the Gaechinger Cantorey is presenting five of his motets on the big stage this time – masterpieces for choir up to eight-part virtuosity together with the orchestra's differentiated timbres. Instrumental interludes allow it to appear in solo and other constellations. Composed for funeral services, as New Year's music or for unknown occasions, Bach creates a musical and spiritual cosmos based on chorales and biblical texts that represents the whole complexity of human existence.
Johann Sebastian BachSinfonia from BWV 156 "Ich stehe mit einem Fuß im Grabe" (I stand with one foot in the grave)
Motet BWV 226 "Der Geist hilft unser Schwachheit auf" (The Spirit helps our weakness)
Sinfonia from BWV 42 "Am Abend aber desselbigen Sabbats"
Motet BWV 228 "Fürchte dich nicht"
Overture from BWV 21 "Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis"
Motet BWV 229 "Komm, Jesu, komm"
Motet BWV 227 "Jesu, meine Freude"
Concerto for 2 violins in D minor, BWV 1043, 2nd movement
Motet BWV 225 "Sing unto the Lord a new song"
Magnificent vocal architecture – Bach's motets are among his best-known vocal works. After his death, they remained part of the regular repertoire of the St. Thomas Choir in Leipzig. When the choir sang the double-choir motet "Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied" for W. A. Mozart in April 1789, it was a key experience for the famous guest from Vienna, who wrote in his copy of the score: "NB, a whole orchestra would have to be added to this." This was not unfamiliar to Bach, and so the Gaechinger Cantorey is presenting five of his motets on the big stage this time – masterpieces for choir up to eight-part virtuosity together with the orchestra's differentiated timbres. Instrumental interludes allow it to appear in solo and other constellations. Composed for funeral services, as New Year's music or for unknown occasions, Bach creates a musical and spiritual cosmos based on chorales and biblical texts that represents the whole complexity of human existence.
