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Bach
Gabrieli Consort & Players; Paul McCreesh director
Programme & Song Text
Date
Fri 27 May 2022, 7.30pm
Tickets
Archived Event
Duration
This concert will be approximately 2 hours in duration, including an interval
Availability

Important Information

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Artists

  • Gabrieli Consort & Players
    • Paul McCreeshdirector
    • Mary Bevansoprano
    • Tim Meadcountertenor
    • Thomas Walkertenor
    • Malachy Framebaritone

    Programme

    Interval

    • Johann Sebastian Bach
      1685-1750
        • Sinfonia in D BWV1045
        • Lobet Gott in seinen Reichen BWV11 'Ascension Oratorio'

    Overview

    Marking the Christian feast of Ascension is Bach’s oratorio, probably composed for that occasion in 1735 in the wake of earlier pieces celebrating Christmas and Easter: several of its sections were recycled from earlier compositions, while another subsequently found its way into the B minor Mass. As with Bach’s Passions, the piece is led narratively by an Evangelist, in this instance tenor Thomas Walker.

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