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