J.S. Bach’s Partitas BWV 825-830, the first of which is the composer’s self-proclaimed Opus 1, form part of his Clavier-Übung I that was published in 1731. There is a substantial body of evidence that suggest that these works were rather popular when first published, something that we believe remains true today. These six works for keyboard exist as part Bach’s hefty compositional corpus, and are all functional, bespoke, and beautiful.

Join the Oxford Bach Soloists for a series of six concerts, with these exquisite compositions acting as their golden thread.

J.S. Bach Partita No. 2 in C minor BWV 826
J.S Bach Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir BWV 38
Schütz Du Schalksknecht SWV 297
J.S. Bach Excerpts from Was soll ich aus dir machen, Ephraim BWV 89
Schütz Das Blut Jesu Christ SWV 298
Handel If God be for us, who can be against us? HWV 56
Schütz Lobe den Herren, meine Seele SWV 39

Anhad Arora & Dónal McCann, harpsichord