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Solomon's Knot
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Solomon's Knot
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Date
Thu 08 May 2025, 7.30pm
Tickets
£60 £52 £42 £32 £18
Duration

This concert will be approximately 2 hours in duration, including an interval

Availability

Ticket bookings are subject to a £4.00 booking fee. This fee covers the whole booking and is not per ticket

Important Information

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General sale for this concert will open at 10.00am on Tuesday 21 January.

Artists

  • Solomon's Knot
    Baroque Ensemble in Residence

    Programme

    • Johann Sebastian Bach
      1685-1750
        • Trauerode (Lass, Fürstin, lass noch einen Strahl) BWV198
        • Köthener Trauermusik (Klagt, Kinder, klagt es aller Welt) BWV1143/244a
          (reconstructed by Chad Kelly) (world première)

    Overview

    Private grief and public mourning inspired Bach to compose some of his finest music. Solomon’s Knot present the première of a reconstruction of Bach’s lost cantata for the funeral of Prince Leopold of Anhalt-Köthen, specially created by their keyboard player and resident musicologist Chad Kelly.

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