Bach
Cantates pour le dimanche "Jubilate"

Marie Luise Werneburg . Alexander Chance . Thomas Hobbs . Florian Störtz 

The Constellation Choir and Orchestra
Sir John Eliot Gardiner Conductor

The maestro John Eliot Gardiner continues to immerse himself in Bach‘s cantatas, taking the same approach as he did for his complete works to mark the 250th anniversary of the composer’s death, following the liturgical calendar rather than chronological order. This first concert therefore focuses on the cantatas for Jubilate Sunday : the third or fourth Sunday after Easter.

The cantata Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen (BWV 12), composed for Weimar in 1714, is a landmark work of German sacred music. It is completed by two compositions from the Leipzig period, in particular the cantata BWV 146 with its incredible orchestral overture for concert organ. A programme in which Bach sounds at his absolute peak !

The concert was filmed by Camera Lucida.