- Doors open 19:15
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Performers
Johanna Soller - conductor
Carine Tinney - soprano
Kristen Witmer - soprano
Alexander Chance - alto
Florian Sievers - tenor
Jonas Müller - bass
Christmas with the Netherlands Bach Society
Bachs Magnificat
- Classical
- Barok
- Klassiek Seizoen 26-27
- Oude muziek
- Vocaal
Tickets
- Ticket (Premium) €65,00
- Ticket (Rang 1) €55,00
- Ticket (Rang 2) €45,00
- Ticket (Rang 3) €39,00
- Ticket (Rang 4) €29,00
From darkness to light… It is December and Christmas is approaching. Outside it is dark, bleak, and cold. We want light, we want warmth. And we find it in music. Bach’s radiant Magnificat is performed alongside that of Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach. Two wonderful Christmas works by father and son. The Magnificat is the hymn of praise by Mary, the mother of Jesus. The first line, ‘Magnificat anima mea Dominum’, means ‘my soul glorifies the Lord’. Words from the Middle Ages. But countless composers since then have felt inspired to compose their greatest works based on them. J.S. Bach wrote his beloved Magnificat in 1723 for choir, soloists, and orchestra.
Tonight’s concert unfolds from the smallest musical core: the monophonic Gregorian chant Ave Maris Stella. Its dark atmosphere transitions into a Sinfonia by Bach’s eldest son, Wilhelm Friedemann. A talented composer, he never became very popular. How different was the fate of Carl Philipp Emanuel, the most successful of all Bach’s children, who in the second half of the eighteenth century was called ‘the great Bach’. His Magnificat, his first major vocal work, breathes the spirit of his father’s Magnificat and Hohe Messe. At the same time, it looks ahead to the music of Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven.
Program
Gregoriaans Ave Maris Stella
W.F. Bach – Sinfonia in d
J.S. Bach – Magnificat, met kerst-interpolaties
C.Ph.E. Bach – Magnificat
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- Doors open 19:15
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Performers
Johanna Soller - conductor
Carine Tinney - soprano
Kristen Witmer - soprano
Alexander Chance - alto
Florian Sievers - tenor
Jonas Müller - bass
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