L’arpa festante. Markus Uhl 25. März 1725. Dreihundert Jahre BWV 1

Date & Time

Tue, Mar 25, 2025, 19:30

Venue

The cantata "Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern" opened the first volume of the Bach Complete Edition in 1851, which is why it was given number 1 in the Bach Works Catalogue (BWV) in 1950. The occasion for the composition was the Feast of the Annunciation on March 25, 1725. The concert attempts a reconstruction of the vespers service that took place on this day in Leipzig. At the same time, the musicologically well-founded approach is pursued to perform Bach's vocal works without a choir, only with five excellent vocal soloists and a baroque orchestra. Bach's music will thus sound - beyond familiar performance traditions - in the most original way possible. Concert without intermission.
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Keywords: Musikfestival, Vocal Music

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Musicians

Marie Luise Werneburg	Soprano
Heike Heilmann	Soprano
Franz Vitzthum	Altus
Daniel Schreiber	Tenor
Felix Schwandtke	Bass
Barockorchester L’arpa festante
Markus Uhl	Organ, Director

Program

Johann Sebastian Bach	Kantate „Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern“ BWV 1
Johann Sebastian Bach	Magnificat Es-Dur BWV 243a
	Weitere Orgelmusik, Choräle und liturgische Gesänge der Bach-Zeit

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