Bach : Cantatas for the 16th sunday after Trinity Sunday
Bach
Cantates pour le 16ème dimanche après le dimanche de la Trinité
Marie Luise Werneburg . Alexander Chance . Thomas Hobbs . Florian Störtz
The Constellation Choir and Orchestra Choir and Orchestra
John Eliot Gardiner Conductor
The second part of this diptych is devoted to the cantatas performed in Leipzig between 1723 and 1726.
Bach composed an exceptional body of cantatas that can be described as funerary, particularly because their main theme is indeed death. The presence of flutes, instruments traditionally associated with funerals, gives these pieces a distinctive colour, especially in Cantata BWV 8, featuring an expressive solo flute, and in Cantata BWV 161, typical of the genre. The tragic intensity is the hallmark of Cantata BWV 27. Yet light and salvation are always at the believer’s journey’s end, brought by the soothing qualities of Cantata BWV 95.
John Eliot Gardiner, a great specialist in the cantor, embarked on an incredible Bach pilgrimage throughout Europe in 2000 : his masterful, humane and passionate interpretation was a landmark and continues to move audiences with its exceptional vision.
Filmed on June 11th 2025 at the Chapelle Royale by Camera Lucida.
- Genre Concert
- Period 18th century
- Music Sacred Music
- Collection Château de Versailles Spectacles
- pieces Cantatas for the 16th sunday after Trinity Sunday
- Composer Bach
- Musical Ensemble The Constellation Choir and Orchestra
- Conductor Sir John Eliot Gardiner
- Soloists Marie Luise Werneburg . Alexander Chance . Thomas Hobbs . Florian Störtz
- Duration 1h27
Bach
Cantates pour le 16ème dimanche après le dimanche de la Trinité
Marie Luise Werneburg . Alexander Chance . Thomas Hobbs . Florian Störtz
The Constellation Choir and Orchestra Choir and Orchestra
John Eliot Gardiner Conductor
The second part of this diptych is devoted to the cantatas performed in Leipzig between 1723 and 1726.
Bach composed an exceptional body of cantatas that can be described as funerary, particularly because their main theme is indeed death. The presence of flutes, instruments traditionally associated with funerals, gives these pieces a distinctive colour, especially in Cantata BWV 8, featuring an expressive solo flute, and in Cantata BWV 161, typical of the genre. The tragic intensity is the hallmark of Cantata BWV 27. Yet light and salvation are always at the believer’s journey’s end, brought by the soothing qualities of Cantata BWV 95.
John Eliot Gardiner, a great specialist in the cantor, embarked on an incredible Bach pilgrimage throughout Europe in 2000 : his masterful, humane and passionate interpretation was a landmark and continues to move audiences with its exceptional vision.
Filmed on June 11th 2025 at the Chapelle Royale by Camera Lucida.
- Genre Concert
- Period 18th century
- Music Sacred Music
- Collection Château de Versailles Spectacles
- pieces Cantatas for the 16th sunday after Trinity Sunday
- Composer Bach
- Musical Ensemble The Constellation Choir and Orchestra
- Conductor Sir John Eliot Gardiner
- Soloists Marie Luise Werneburg . Alexander Chance . Thomas Hobbs . Florian Störtz
- Duration 1h27
