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The division of the Roman Catholic and Protestant churches sets the foundation for a programme of music by Byrd and Bach.
Martin Luther’s attack on the corrupt Renaissance papacy and the resulting schism that divided the Roman Catholic and Protestant churches set the foundations for the works in this concert’s programme. While Johann Sebastian Bach enhanced the Lutheran liturgy with his remarkable sacred cantatas, William Byrd expressed a longing for the return of the old Catholic faith to Elizabeth I’s England in works tinged with regret and defiance.
PROGRAMME
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Bach
Sinfonia from Cantata BWV 156
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Bach
Jesus bleibet meine Freude (Jesu joy of man’s desiring) from Cantata BWV 147
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Bach
Sinfonia from Cantata BWV 182
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Byrd
Emendemus in Melius
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Bach
Cantata 102 – Herr, deine Augen sehem nach dem Glauben BWV10
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Bach
Sinfonia from Cantata BWV35
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Byrd
Turn our captivity
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Bach
Cantata BWV 146 – Wir mussen durch viel Trubsal in das Reich Gottes eingehen
PERFORMERS
- The Sixteen (eight singers)
- Harry Christophers conductor