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Bach’s Messiah 2 (part two) : Birth

6.12.2021
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Leipzig
8:30pm CET Europe
Thomaskirche
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14,00 € – B+A+C+H: the regular price

The Concert

Bach’s Christmas Oratorio in June? Unusual as this might appear on the face of it, the very concept of the Bach’s Messiah cycle is unthinkable without this most famous work about the birth of Christ. The splendid choruses and chorales will be sung by the host Thomanerchor, conducted by Thomaskantor Gotthold Schwarz. They will accompanied the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin. One thing is certain: with this line-up, the trumpets and drums will »shout and rejoice« as jubilantly as at Christmas time. Throughout his life, Johann Sebastian Bach illustrated episodes from the life of Jesus of Nazareth in music – from the annunciation to the ascension. In other words, Bach worked his whole life long on a musical story of the life and work of the Redeemer. In short, on a »Messiah«. The 2021 Bachfest has put together a »Messiah«, a cycle of twelve concerts that can will be streamed on five consecutive days. It comprises 33 selected cantatas, the three Oratorios, and the St. Matthew Passion. Readings from the Gospels underlying the cantatas, in Luther’s translation (written 500 years ago at Wartburg Castle) and performed by renowned German actor Ulrich Noethen, provide the narrative of the action and set the cantatas in their biblical context.

The Programme

Johann Sebastian Bach:
Weihnachtsoratorium, BWV 248
IV. Teil »Fallt mit Danken, fallt mit Loben«
V. Teil »Ehre sei dir, Gott, gesungen«
VI. Teil »Herr, wenn die stolzen Feinde schnauben«

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The Musicians

Gerlinde Sämann, soprano
Elvira Bill, alto
Tobias Hunger, tenor – evangelist
Martin Petzold, tenor – arias
Tobias Berndt, bass
Thomanerchor Leipzig
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
Thomaskantor Gotthold Schwarz – Leader

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Gotthold Schwarz
Akademie für alte Musik
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