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In 1734, Bach compiled six cantatas, some based on existing compositions, for the Christmas season, creating the Christmas Oratorio, performed in Leipzig's main churches. This overshadowed his other Christmas cantatas, like the chorale cantata from 1724. Bach reused the latter cantata, reminiscent of the Christmas Oratorio's Part 4 in its instrumentation, into the 1740s. His 1724 Sanctus (later in the Mass in B minor) and the chorale cantata "Liebster Immanuel" also belong to his second Leipzig cantata year. "Liebster Immanuel," intended for Epiphany like Part VI of the Christmas Oratorio, premiered on January 6, 1725. Unlike the latter's imposing brass, it features flutes and oboe d'amore, lending an ethereal intimacy.
In 1734, Bach compiled six cantatas, some based on existing compositions, for the Christmas season, creating the Christmas Oratorio, performed in Leipzig's main churches. This overshadowed his other Christmas cantatas, like the chorale cantata from 1724. Bach reused the latter cantata, reminiscent of the Christmas Oratorio's Part 4 in its instrumentation, into the 1740s. His 1724 Sanctus (later in the Mass in B minor) and the chorale cantata "Liebster Immanuel" also belong to his second Leipzig cantata year. "Liebster Immanuel," intended for Epiphany like Part VI of the Christmas Oratorio, premiered on January 6, 1725. Unlike the latter's imposing brass, it features flutes and oboe d'amore, lending an ethereal intimacy.
In 1734, Bach compiled six cantatas, some based on existing compositions, for the Christmas season, creating the Christmas Oratorio, performed in Leipzig's main churches. This overshadowed his other Christmas cantatas. After its premiere 300 years ago, Bach continued to perform a related cantata, reminiscent of Part 4 of the Christmas Oratorio. His 1724 Sanctus, later integrated into the Mass in B minor, and the chorale cantata "Liebster Immanuel," intended for Epiphany, also belong to his second Leipzig cantata year.
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The Concertgebouw Orchestra takes flight in Baroque music when Leonardo García Alarcón is conducting. After his impressive first appearance in 2022, the charismatic Argentine conductor returns, weaving works by Johann Sebastian Bach and George Frideric Handel’s Music for the Royal Fireworks into a festive whole, just as Bach himself would do on Friday evenings at Leipzig’s Café Zimmermann. Andreas Wolf’s rich, round bass is heard in a number of phenomenal arias from the secular cantatas (chamber operas) which Bach wrote in the same period.To celebrate the signing of the treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, King George II organised a massive fireworks display. Despite it all going up in flames and the crowds fleeing, Handel’s Music for the Royal Fireworks, written for the occasion, was an instant success and even saved the monarch’s reputation. Still very popular to this day, particularly for its well-loved second movement – the peaceful Air for strings – is Bach’s Third Orchestral Suite. Pure bliss!
The Concertgebouw Orchestra takes flight in Baroque music when Leonardo García Alarcón is conducting. After his impressive first appearance in 2022, the charismatic Argentine conductor returns, weaving works by Johann Sebastian Bach and George Frideric Handel’s Music for the Royal Fireworks into a festive whole, just as Bach himself would do on Friday evenings at Leipzig’s Café Zimmermann. Andreas Wolf’s rich, round bass is heard in a number of phenomenal arias from the secular cantatas (chamber operas) which Bach wrote in the same period.To celebrate the signing of the treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, King George II organised a massive fireworks display. Despite it all going up in flames and the crowds fleeing, Handel’s Music for the Royal Fireworks, written for the occasion, was an instant success and even saved the monarch’s reputation. Still very popular to this day, particularly for its well-loved second movement – the peaceful Air for strings – is Bach’s Third Orchestral Suite. Pure bliss!