Luthers Bach Ensemble - Actus Tragicus & Trauer-kantate
24 January
Luther's Bach Ensemble (small choir, baroque orchestra)Lucie Chartin (soprano); David van Laar (countertenor); Olivier Kemler (tenor); Drew Santini (bass) Actus Tragicus & Mourning Cantata The most beautiful cantatas by Bach and Telemann in one evening, at one of Leeuwarden’s most beautiful...
Actus Tragicus & Funeral Cantata
Lutheran Bach Ensemble (small choir, baroque orchestra)
Lucie Chartin (soprano); David van Laar (countertenor); Olivier Kemler (tenor); Drew Santini (bass)
conducted by Tymen Jan Bronda
The most beautiful cantatas by Bach and Telemann in one evening at one of Leeuwarden’s finest venues!
Programme:
Georg Philipp Telemann – Du aber, Daniel, gehe hin (TWV 4-17)
Johann Sebastian Bach – Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit (BWV 106)
Actus Tragicus: Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit
Johann Sebastian Bach wrote hundreds of cantatas, and at a high pace. Every cantata, one may say, is a masterpiece. The Actus Tragicus (Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit, BWV 106) from 1707 is one of the best known. It is one of the first cantatas Bach composed, intended for a funeral service. Death is expressed musically as a peaceful entry into paradise.
The theme of the A…
Actus Tragicus & Funeral Cantata
Lutheran Bach Ensemble (small choir, baroque orchestra)
Lucie Chartin (soprano); David van Laar (countertenor); Olivier Kemler (tenor); Drew Santini (bass)
conducted by Tymen Jan Bronda
The most beautiful cantatas by Bach and Telemann in one evening at one of Leeuwarden’s finest venues!
Programme:
Georg Philipp Telemann – Du aber, Daniel, gehe hin (TWV 4-17)
Johann Sebastian Bach – Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit (BWV 106)
Actus Tragicus: Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit
Johann Sebastian Bach wrote hundreds of cantatas, and at a high pace. Every cantata, one may say, is a masterpiece. The Actus Tragicus (Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit, BWV 106) from 1707 is one of the best known. It is one of the first cantatas Bach composed, intended for a funeral service. Death is expressed musically as a peaceful entry into paradise.
The theme of the Actus Tragicus is, entirely in keeping with the faith of Bach’s time, the division between a world full of misery and the hope of salvation. The music moves, comforts, yet at the same time is full of optimism.
Funeral Cantata: Du aber, Daniel, gehe hin
Telemann’s cantata was, we believe, composed on commission for a funeral service of a local man of distinction named Daniel (“du gottgeliebter Daniel”, section 7). Because of the funeral ceremony, both of the aforementioned compositions feature two violas da gamba, according to the customs of the time.
In addition, Telemann’s cantata has four vocal parts, a recorder, a violin, an oboe, and a more extensively scored continuo group (organ, cello, violone, bassoon).