Music concert

For Heaven’s Sake

A tribute to both Pergolesi and Bach

GIOVANNI BATTISTA PERGOLESI
'Salve Regina' in f
ANTONIO VIVALDI
Concerto in c, RV 119
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
'Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen', BWV 51
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
'Tilge, Höchster, meine Sünden', BWV 1083
Christopher Bucknall
Artistic director
Lenneke Ruiten
Soprano
Wiebke Lehmkuhl
Alto
Fruzsi Hara
Trumpet

Bach’s Tilge, Höchster, meine Sünden is more unusual than it seems. For this composition he transcribed Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater and arranged it for the words of Psalm 51. The result is a fascinating praise to a composer who flared up like a falling star in the musical firmament: Pergolesi died of tuberculosis at the age of 26. But that did nothing to lessen his influence. On his deathbed, amongst the Franciscan monks of Pozzuoli, he also wrote a subdued Salve Regina in addition to the Stabat Mater. B’Rock is paying tribute to both Pergolesi and Bach in the company of the soprano Lenneke Ruiten and alto Wiebke Lehmkuhl. The darkness is dispelled by the energetic radiance of Vivaldi’s string concerto RV 119 and the jubilant trumpet and soprano parts in Bach’s cantata Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen.

Past shows
October 2, 2015 Friday 20:00
Den Haag, NL Nieuwe Kerk
October 1, 2015 Thursday 20:00
Geel, BE Festival van Vlaanderen
September 15, 2015 Tuesday 20:00
Glogow, PL Wratislawia Cantans
September 14, 2015 Monday 20:00
Wroclaw, PL Wratislawia Cantans