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The DWR Baroque Interlude – Bach – Easter Oratorio: Kommt, eilet und laufet BWV 249
April 15, 2022 in Music | Tags: eilet und laufet BWV 249, The DWR Baroque Interlude - Bach - Easter Oratorio: Kommt | by The Arbourist | Comments closed
How could I not? :)
The Netherlands Bach Society performs ‘Kommt, eilet und laufet’ for All of Bach. This Oster-Oratorium (Easter oratorio) was first performed on Easter Sunday in 1725. Two days earlier, the congregation in Leipzig had listened to the St John Passion, just as in 1724. The closing chorus ‘Ruht wohl, ihr heiligen Gebeine’ sent them on their way home to celebrate Holy Saturday. And then, on Sunday morning, the church resounded with the huge contrast of a Sinfonia with leading roles for three trumpets and timpani. Before the singers get going, Bach seems to recall Jesus’s death with a melancholy Adagio in B minor for solo traverso and strings.
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The DWR Friday Musical Interlude – Bring Him Home – Alfie Boe
April 8, 2022 in Music | Tags: Bring Him Home, Les Miserables, The DWR Friday Musical Interlude | by The Arbourist | 1 comment
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The DWR Friday Classical Interlude – Elgar – Cello Concerto
April 1, 2022 in Music | Tags: The DWR Friday Classical Interlude - Elgar - Cello Concerto | by The Arbourist | Comments closed
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The DWR Friday Baroque Interlude – “La Stravaganza” Concerto no.2 in E minor, RV 279
March 25, 2022 in Music | Tags: "La Stravaganza" Concerto no.2 in E minor, RV 279, The DWR Friday Baroque Interlude | by The Arbourist | Comments closed
La stravaganza [literally ‘Extravagance’] (The Eccentricity), Op. 4, is a set of concertos written by Antonio Vivaldi in 1712–1713. The set was first published in 1716 in Amsterdam and was dedicated to Venetian nobleman Vettor Delfino,[1] who had been a violin student of Vivaldi’s.[2] All of the concertos are scored for solo violin, strings, and basso continuo; however, some movements require extra soloists (such as a second violin and/or cello solo).
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The DWR Friday Baroque Interlude – Bach – Cantata Die Elenden sollen essen BWV 75
March 18, 2022 in Music | Tags: The DWR Friday Baroque Interlude - Bach - Cantata Die Elenden sollen essen BWV 75 | by The Arbourist | 1 comment
Bach’s cantata ‘Die Elenden sollen essen’, performed by the Netherlands Bach Society for All of Bach, broke the ice in his new post. At last, his appointment as cantor in Leipzig had been finalised and he had moved with his family from Köthen to Leipzig on 22 May 1723. And his first actual duties as cantor were carried out at the service on Sunday 30 May 1723.
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The DWR Friday Baroque Interlude – Bach – Cantata Jesus nahm zu sich die Zwölfe BWV 22
March 11, 2022 in Music | Tags: The DWR Friday Baroque Interlude - Bach - Cantata Jesus nahm zu sich die Zwölfe BWV 22 | by The Arbourist | Comments closed
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The DWR Friday Choral Interlude – Da Pachem Domine – Arvo Part
March 4, 2022 in International Affairs, Music | Tags: Arvo Pärt - Da Pacem Domine, The DWR Choral Interlude, War is our greatest failing | by The Arbourist | Comments closed
A repost because humanity has decided to revisit our base nature and bring ruin to the lives of others, for important reasons.
Give peace, O Lord, in our time
Because there is no one else
Who fights for us
If not You, our God.
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