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SUMMARY:Bach Motets: Singet dem Herrn
DESCRIPTION:Bach’s motets constitute the most perfect and gem-like set amongst his works. They lay at the heart of his work as a teacher and choir-trainer\, and grew out of a genre which the Bach family had cultivated for generations. This was the repertory that all his pupils were expected to sing and to master. \nPlainchant Veni\, redemptor gentium\nPraetorius Veni\, redemptor gentium\nBWV 659\, 660 & 661 Nun komm\, der heiden Heiland I\, II & III\nBWV 61 & 62 Nun komm\, der heiden Heiland\nSchütz Nun komm\, der heiden Heiland\nBWV 21 Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis\nBWV 225 Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied \nBook now\nThis is the third in a series of concerts\, centring on Bach’s Motets BWV 225 – 230\, taking place between October 2022 and March 2023.  \nCan’t make the concert in person? Then you can watch it online through our Digital Concerts Subscription.
URL:https://www.oxfordbachsoloists.com/event/bach-motets-singet-dem-herrn/
LOCATION:St Michael at the North Gate\, Cornmarket\, Oxford\, OX1 3EY
CATEGORIES:Oxford Bach Soloists,Season 2022
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SUMMARY:Follow the Stars: Macmillan Carols
DESCRIPTION:26th Anniversary Concert. \nJoin our celebrities and world class musicians for this popular feast of favourite carols\, seasonal choral music and literary readings. Hear John Rutter’s new carol\, which was composed especially to celebrate Follow the Stars 25th Anniversary Concert. Help raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support. \nAs well as readings from our wonderful celebrity supporters\, including Sally Phillips\, Shaun Evans and Toby Jones*\, you’ll be entertained by the sublime sounds of the Oxford Bach Soloists singing a variety of Christmas music. \n*All appearances by celebrity supporters are subject to filming commitments. \nBook tickets
URL:https://www.oxfordbachsoloists.com/event/follow-the-stars-macmillan-carols/
LOCATION:Christ Church Cathedral\, St. Aldates\, Oxford\, OX1 1DP\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Bach Motets: Lobet den Herrn
DESCRIPTION:Bach’s motets constitute the most perfect and gem-like set amongst his works. They lay at the heart of his work as a teacher and choir-trainer\, and grew out of a genre which the Bach family had cultivated for generations. This was the repertory that all his pupils were expected to sing and to master. \nLobet den Herrn\, alle Heiden was first published only in 1821 from a manuscript attributed to ‘Signor Bach’. It sets the whole of Psalm 117\, and may have been performed—as his other motets—in a memorial service of some kind. The piece’s festive character would not have been out of place: the idea of death as a goal and joyful release from earthly problems was common in German literary and theological writings at the beginning of the eighteenth century. In this motet\, we hear Bach’s unbounded optimism and certitude in the contemplation of death. \nBook now\nThis is the second in a series of concerts\, centring on Bach’s Motets BWV 225 – 230\, taking place between October 2022 and March 2023. More information on the next events in the series will be coming soon. \nCan’t make the concert in person? Then you can watch it online through our Digital Concerts Subscription.
URL:https://www.oxfordbachsoloists.com/event/bach-motets-lobet-den-herrn/
LOCATION:New College Chapel\, Holywell Street\, Oxford\, OX1 3BN
CATEGORIES:Oxford Bach Soloists,Season 2022
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SUMMARY:Bach Motets: Der Geist hilft
DESCRIPTION:Bach’s motets constitute the most perfect and gem-like set amongst his works. They lay at the heart of his work as a teacher and choir-trainer\, and grew out of a genre which the Bach family had cultivated for generations. This was the repertory that all his pupils were expected to sing and to master. Der Geist hilft is the only motet whose precise original function is documented\, for a memorial service held in the University Church of St Paul on 20 October 1729. Its airy\, concerto-type writing makes colossal demands of performers and\, through the brilliant sonorities of the double-choir\, we hear Bach’s unbounded optimism and certitude in the contemplation of death. \nBook now\nThis is the first in a series of concerts\, centring on Bach’s Motets BWV 225 – 230\, taking place between October 2022 and March 2023. More information on the next events in the series will be coming soon.
URL:https://www.oxfordbachsoloists.com/event/bach-motets-der-geist-hilft/
LOCATION:New College Chapel\, Holywell Street\, Oxford\, OX1 3BN
CATEGORIES:Oxford Bach Soloists,Season 2022
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220924T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220924T193000
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SUMMARY:Raynham Hall
DESCRIPTION:  \nJohann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) \nCantata 199: Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut\nCantata 170: Vergnügte Ruh\, beliebte Seelenlust\n\nEsther Brazil mezzo-soprano\nTom Hammond-Davies conductor\nHugh Cutting countertenor \nBook Tickets \nIn 1714 Johann Sebastian Bach was made Konzermeister of the Weimar court orchestra. With this appointment came the responsibility of providing a cantata\, once a month for the Sunday services in the court chapel. Though comparatively few in number Bach’s Weimar cantatas nevertheless are striking for their formal\, technical and expressive variety. The solo cantata 199 ‘Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut’\, written for the 11th Sunday after Trinity\, 12 August 1714\, is scored for a soprano voice with an orchestra consisting of an oboe\, strings and continuo. The text is concerned with repentance and is based on the appointed Gospel which tells the story of the Pharisee and the publican (Luke 18\, vv. 9-14)\, and Bach takes us on a journey across three arias\, each preceded by a recitative with unparalleled skill and affecting contrast: the first is a poignant\, grief-laden supplication\, whose expressive intensity\, contained both in the vocal and instrumental writing\, recalls Bach’s earlier masterpiece\, ‘Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis’ (BWV 21). The second\, scored for strings only\, brings Handel to mind in its broad\, sweeping gestures. The third aria\, in the character of a gigue\, is scored for oboe and strings and dispels the darkness away. \nCantata 170 ‘Vergnügte Ruh\, beliebte Seelenlust’ was written for the 6th Sunday after Trinity\, 28 July 1726. It is a solo cantata for alto\, and instead of drawing on the bible\, the text of this cantata is a free poem by Georg Christian Lehms (1711)\, based on passages from the Sermon on the Mount dealing with man’s malice\, his miserable existence and his longing for peace in death. The greatest misery comes to those who do not believe\, according to the text. In the aria ‘Wie jammern mich doch die verkehrten Herzen’ (no. 3) they have lost the very ground under their feet: Bach silences the ever‐present continuo and mounts the movement on a thin thread spun by the violins and viola (‘Bassettchen’). But perhaps the most appealing movement is the opening aria which\, as John Eliot Gardiner puts it\, is “pure enchantment\, a warm\, luxuriant dance in 6/8 in D. You can almost feel Bach’s benign smile hovering over this music\, an evocation of ‘Himmelseintracht’\, ‘the harmony of heaven’”. One sees why Bach’s eldest son\, Wilhelm Friedemann\, would have been keen to revive this aria in Halle in 1750. \nBook Tickets
URL:https://www.oxfordbachsoloists.com/event/raynham-hall/
LOCATION:Raynham Hall\, Raynham Hall\, Fakenham\, Norfolk\, NR21 7EP\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Oxford Bach Soloists
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220717T143000
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SUMMARY:Cancelled: Wake Up!
DESCRIPTION:It is with a heavy heart that we have had to cancel this event. Anyone who has booked a ticket for this event will receive a refund in the upcoming days. \n\n\n\nIn his second cycle of Cantatas at Leipzig\, Bach focuses exclusively on the chorale\, each Cantata based on the main Lutheran hymn for the occasion. This new ‘chorale cantata’ cycle is announced with a sweeping French overture in the grand Cantata 20 ‘O Ewigkeit\, du Donnerwort’. After impressive coloratura from the tenor\, we are woken up by the bass and trumpet with the words ‘Wacht auf\, wacht auf!’. Cantata 2 takes as its basis Martin Luther’s chorale ‘Ach Gott\, vom Himmel sieh darein’\, with images of silver purified through fire. Cantata 7 for the Feast of the Nativity of St John the Baptist vividly depict the river Jordan with gracious undulating phrases\, and great and powerful floods\, dancing waves\, sometimes peaceful\, sometimes mighty.\n\n\nBWV 20 O Ewigkeit\, du Donnerwort (O eternity\, you word of thunder)\nBWV 2 Ach Gott\, vom Himmel sieh darein (Oh God\, look down from heaven)\nBWV 7 Christ unser Herr zum Jordan kam (Christ our Lord came to the Jordan)
URL:https://www.oxfordbachsoloists.com/event/wake-up-2/
LOCATION:New College Chapel\, Holywell Street\, Oxford\, OX1 3BN
CATEGORIES:Season 2022
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220709T163000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220709T183000
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SUMMARY:Mass in B minor
DESCRIPTION:Featuring soloists from the Oxford Bach Soloists\, this concert presents the culmination of a workshop week with members of the Orlando Chamber Choir. \n  \nBook tickets
URL:https://www.oxfordbachsoloists.com/event/mass-in-b-minor/
LOCATION:St John the Evangelist Church\, 109A Iffley Road\, Oxford\, OX4 1EH\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Oxford Bach Soloists
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220619T143000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220619T160000
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SUMMARY:Festival of Joy
DESCRIPTION: Watch live-stream!\n\n\nA trio of cantatas drawn from earlier works\, deftly reworked to suit their new contexts. The Pentecostal cantatas 173 and 184 find their roots in secular Serenatas written for Prince Leopold at Cöthen\, their imagery ingeniously preserved so that association between words and music is unharmed. Cantata 194\, written for the dedication of the church and organ at Störmthal in 1723\, was probably also based on a lost Cöthen work and is revived here in full festal splendour for Trinity Sunday in 1724.\n\n\nBWV 173 Erhöhtes Fleisch und Blut (Exalted flesh and blood)\nBWV 184 Erwünschtes Freudenlicht (Desired light of joy)\nBWV 194 Höchsterwünschtes Freudenfest (Most highly-desired festival of joy) \nBook tickets
URL:https://www.oxfordbachsoloists.com/event/festival-of-joy-2/
LOCATION:New College Chapel\, Holywell Street\, Oxford\, OX1 3BN
CATEGORIES:Season 2022
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220508T143000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220508T154500
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SUMMARY:Resound\, Ye Songs!
DESCRIPTION: Watch live-stream!\n. \n\nBach’s earliest works are often considered to be his most inventive\, full of daring ideas. Cantata 12 is one of his most affecting compositions\, the opening of which was to find its way into the B minor Mass. Now one year in his post as Thomaskantor\, he revived his Pentecost Cantatas 59 and 172 for the 2nd and 3rd time respectively. Dating from 1714 during his employment in service of the Dukes of Weimar\, the effulgent Cantata 172 ‘Erschallet\, ihr Lieder\, erklinget\, ihr Saiten!’ depicts the fiery arrival of the Holy Spirit. As they wait for the Spirit’s arrival\, Cantata 44 tells the gloomy prophecy of Christ that the disciples will be cast out as they spread the Good News\, and Bach’s music is uncompromisingly grim and tensely dramatic.\n\n\nBWV 12 Weinen\, Klagen\, Sorgen\, Zagen (Weeping\, lamenting\, worrying\, fearing)\nBWV 44 Sie werden euch in den Bann tun (They will put you under banishment)\nBWV 172 Erschallet\, ihr Lieder\, erklinget\, ihr Saiten! (Resound\, ye songs\, ring out\, ye strings!)\nBWV 59 Wer mich liebet\, der wird mein Wort halten (Whoever loves me will keep my word)
URL:https://www.oxfordbachsoloists.com/event/resound-ye-songs-2/
LOCATION:New College Chapel\, Holywell Street\, Oxford\, OX1 3BN
CATEGORIES:Season 2022
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220418T161500
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SUMMARY:Easter Festival: The Lord is my Shepherd
DESCRIPTION:Described as ‘one of the truly perfect cantatas\, flawless in every detail’\, Cantata 104 draws its inspiration from Psalm 23 ‘The Lord is my Shepherd’. Full of leisurely melodies and flourishes\, it finds refreshment\, green pastures and a foretaste of heaven. As we move towards Christ’s Ascension and departure from the earth\, Cantata 166 is in a rather uncertain vein asking the question ‘Where are you going?’ yet Bach’s music is always full of hope. Clearing the skies to joy and laughter\, this concert ends with Cantata 37 depicting the soul winging heavenward. \nBWV 104 Du Hirte Israel\, höre (You Shepherd of Israel\, hear)\nBWV 166 Wo gehest du hin? (Where are you going?)\nBWV 37 Wer da gläubet und getauft wird (He who believes and is baptised) \nBook tickets
URL:https://www.oxfordbachsoloists.com/event/easter-festival-the-lord-is-my-shepherd/
LOCATION:New College Chapel\, Holywell Street\, Oxford\, OX1 3BN
CATEGORIES:Easter Festival 2022
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220417T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220417T161500
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SUMMARY:Easter Festival: Rejoice You Hearts
DESCRIPTION:Abundant joy\, rushing swirling scales\, and fanfare-like arpeggios set the scene for the Resurrection in Bach’s Cantatas for Easter Monday\, Easter Tuesday\, and Quasimodogeniti (‘Low’ Sunday). Join our virtuoso soloists as they lead us through Bach’s panoply of pastoral colours\, brilliant coloratura\, and triumphant pageantry. \nBWV 66 Erfreut euch\, ihr Herzen (Rejoice\, you hearts)\nBWV 134 Ein Herz\, das seinen Jesum lebend weiß (A heart that knows its Jesus is living)\nBWV 67 Halt im Gedächtnis Jesum Christ (Keep Jesus Christ in mind) \nBook tickets
URL:https://www.oxfordbachsoloists.com/event/easter-festival-rejoice-you-hearts/
LOCATION:New College Chapel\, Holywell Street\, Oxford\, OX1 3BN
CATEGORIES:Easter Festival 2022
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SUMMARY:Easter Festival: Easter Oratorio
DESCRIPTION:Two of Bach’s earliest cantatas for Easter Day\, Christ lag in Todesbanden and Der Himmel lacht! Die Erde jubiliert are performed here in their revived Leipzig versions. The story takes us from darkness to blazing light\, from grief to joy\, echoed in the dramatic Easter Oratorio. Told by four characters Mary Magdalene\, Mary Jacobe\, Simon Peter\, and John the Apostle\, it canters to the end in triumphant victory. \nBWV 4 Christ lag in Todesbanden (Christ lay in the Bonds of Death)\nBWV 31 Der Himmel lacht! Die Erde jubilieret (Heaven laughs! Earth exults)\nBWV 249 Oster-Oratorium (Easter Oratorio) \nBook tickets
URL:https://www.oxfordbachsoloists.com/event/easter-festival-easter-oratorio/
LOCATION:New College Chapel\, Holywell Street\, Oxford\, OX1 3BN
CATEGORIES:Easter Festival 2022
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220415T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220415T170000
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SUMMARY:Easter Festival: St John Passion
DESCRIPTION:One of Bach’s best-loved works\, the St John Passion was first performed on Good Friday of 1724 in St. Nicholas Church\, Leipzig. ‘More daring\, forceful and poetic’ than the St Matthew Passion\, according to Robert Schumann\, this operatic work is presented by an Evangelist\, ensemble of soloists\, four-part choir\, strings and basso continuo together with pairs of flauti traversi and oboes doubling on oboe da caccia. \nBWV 245 Johannes-Passion (St John Passion) \nBook tickets \n  \n\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n				\n				Ben Johnson\, Evangelist (credit Chris Gloag)
URL:https://www.oxfordbachsoloists.com/event/easter-festival-st-john-passion/
LOCATION:New College Chapel\, Holywell Street\, Oxford\, OX1 3BN
CATEGORIES:Easter Festival 2022
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220305T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220305T130000
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SUMMARY:Continuo Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Book tickets \n\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n				\n				Anhad Arora\, harpsichord\n				\n			\n				\n			\n				\n				Dónal McCann\, organ
URL:https://www.oxfordbachsoloists.com/event/continuo-workshop/
LOCATION:New College Chapel\, Holywell Street\, Oxford\, OX1 3BN
CATEGORIES:Oxford Bach Soloists
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20211210T200000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20211210T213000
DTSTAMP:20260404T061920
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SUMMARY:Macmillan: Follow the Stars 2021
DESCRIPTION:Watch again online! Visit our ‘JustGiving’ page for a festive evening of Christmas readings from familiar faces\, and music performed by the Oxford Bach Soloists\, including the world première of John Rutter’s new carol\, Blake’s Lullaby. \nWatch again on our JustGiving page \n  \nThe Oxford Bach Soloists take part in fundraising for Macmillan Cancer Support. \nJoin us at Christ Church Cathedral for the 25th Anniversary Christmas Concert to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support. \nJohn Rutter \nJohn Rutter\, the internationally acclaimed composer\, is creating a new carol to be premiered on the evening in recognition of the outstanding support and generosity we have received from our audiences and celebrities over the past 25 years. \nFor your comfort and protection\, seats this year have been spaced out and will be sold in bubbles – we suggest early booking as capacity has been severely reduced. \nFull details of this year’s celebrity readers and musical line up can be found on the booking page. \n“the singing was extraordinary”\nWill Gompertz\, BBC Arts Correspondent \n  \n“spectacular setting and beautiful music”\nJohn Lloyd – Presenter
URL:https://www.oxfordbachsoloists.com/event/macmillan-follow-the-stars-2021/
LOCATION:Christ Church Cathedral\, St. Aldates\, Oxford\, OX1 1DP\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20201212T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20201212T210000
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SUMMARY:Christmas Baroque at Tilford Bach Society
DESCRIPTION:Arcangelo Corelli   |  Concerto Grosso Op. 6 n. 8 ‘Christmas’\nG F Handel  |  Messiah HWV 56 (excerpts)\nJS Bach  |  Magnificat BWV 243 (excerpts)\nHenry Purcell  |  Behold\, I bring you glad tidings Z2 \nA special feast of Baroque Christmas music\, performed in Farnham for the Tilford Bach Society. The Oxford Bach Soloists are joined by Angela Hicks (soprano)\, William Purefoy (countertenor)\, Nick Pritchard (tenor)\, Ben Davies (baritone) in an evening of favourite Christmas highlights. \nBOOK NOW
URL:https://www.oxfordbachsoloists.com/event/christmas-baroque-tilford/
LOCATION:Spire Church (URC)\, South Street\, Farnham\, GU9 7QU\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20201211T200000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20201211T210000
DTSTAMP:20260404T061920
CREATED:20201104T142241Z
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SUMMARY:Macmillan: Follow the Stars - A Celebration of Christmas
DESCRIPTION:Left to right • Stephen Fry • Roderick Williams • Christopher Purves • \nCelebrate the festive season with the Oxford Bach Soloists and a stellar cast of renowned musicians and A-list celebrities for a Carol Concert\, re-imagined for 2020\, which is being streamed online free to all and can be enjoyed from the comfort of your own home.\nTo add to the Christmas sparkle you will enjoy performances from Sinéad Cusack\, Stephen Fry\, Toby Jones\, Jeremy Irons\, Greg Wise\, Benjamin Zephaniah\, and many more. Watch out for the nation’s favourite\, In the bleak mid-winter by chorister Paddy Armstrong\, the Carol of the Field Mice sung by Christopher Purves\, Roderick Williams’ spell-binding rendition of The Three Kings and many other funny\, poignant and heart-moving performances from much-loved actors\, poets and musicians. \n\n“Let’s raise a glass to the wonderful work of Macmillan”\, says Joanna Lumley\, as she welcomes you to the event.\n\nInvite your friends and family to join you (in whatever way you can!) and help us to raise urgently needed funds for Macmillan. \nBOOK NOW \n \n 
URL:https://www.oxfordbachsoloists.com/event/macmillan-follow-the-stars/
LOCATION:Recorded at Christ Church Cathedral\, St. Aldates\, Oxford\, OX1 1DP
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20201014T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20201014T140000
DTSTAMP:20260404T061920
CREATED:20200925T095403Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200925T104210Z
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SUMMARY:Oxford Lieder Festival: Bach and Britten with Ian Bostridge and Saskia Giorgini
DESCRIPTION:This event will be broadcast from Merton College Chapel \n\n  \nJohann Sebastian Bach (1685 – 1750)\nIch habe genug (I have enough)\, BWV 82 (1731 version with flute)\n \nBenjamin Britten (1913 – 1976)\nCanticle I: ‘My beloved is mine and I am his’ (Op. 40) \nFive Spiritual Songs – Geistliche Lieder\n1. Gedenke doch\, mein Geist\, zurücke\n2. Kommt\, Seelen\, dieser Tag\n3. Liebster Herr Jesu\n4. Komm\, süsser Tod\n5. Bist du bei mir\n \nJohann Sebastian Bach (1685 – 1750)\nDer Ewigkeit saphirnes Haus (The sapphire house of eternity)\, from Laß\, Fürstin\, laß noch einen Strahl BWV 198 \n  \nThe Oxford Bach Soloists appear in the 19th Oxford Lieder Festival “Connections Across Time: A brief history of song” \nThis is the first event of four in a day that broadly explores the intersection of sacred and secular in song across the ages. Ian Bostridge’s residency at the Oxford Lieder Festival draws to a close with this wonderful programme\, juxtaposing and joining Bach and Britten. \nWith a chamber ensemble made of members of Oxford Bach Soloists\, he sings the cantata Ich habe genug (‘I have enough’)\, in its 1731 version with flute\, which relates the elderly Simeon’s joy and relief at imminent death and salvation following Mary’s presentation to him of the baby Jesus. The famous central aria\, ‘Schlummert ein\, ihr matten Augen’\, was copied into the notebook of Anna Magdalena\, Bach’s second wife\, where we also find the beloved song ‘Bist du bei mir’ (though this was in fact written by Gottfried Stölzel). This latter song is one of the Five Spiritual Songs: arrangements of Bach by Benjamin Britten. Ian is joined by the Italian-Dutch rising star pianist Saskia Giorgini\, described in The Observer as ‘thrilling\, flawless’\, for these five songs and Britten’s first Canticle\, ‘My beloved is mine and I am his’\, based on The Song of Solomon. \nTickets  >\nClick the logo to be taken to the Oxford Lieder Festival’s website. This concert will be streamed completely live from Merton College Chapel. Shortly afterwards\, it will also be available to watch again (using the same ticket and link) until 1 November 2020. Click here for further information on how tickets will work this year.
URL:https://www.oxfordbachsoloists.com/event/olf-bach-and-britten/
LOCATION:New College Chapel\, Holywell Street\, Oxford\, OX1 3BN
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20200802T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20200802T153000
DTSTAMP:20260404T061920
CREATED:20200721T083413Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200802T115703Z
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SUMMARY:Back to Bach: Yu-Wei Hu & Johan Löfving
DESCRIPTION:Sonata in e minor for flute and bass continuo\, BWV 1034 Andante \nPartita in a minor for solo flute\, BWV 1013 Bourée Angloise \nCello Suite No. 1 in G major\, BWV 1007 Prelude (arr. for theorbo) \nSonata in e minor for flute and bass continuo\, BWV 1034 Allegro \nOur YouTube series Back to Bach reveals how OBS musicians have returned to the works of JS Bach during lockdown. In this second episode\, Yu-Wei Hu (flute) and Johan Löfving (theorbo) explore the Master of melody and harmony. \nSolo works for unaccompanied flute were extremely rare during the 18th century as it was assumed that flute players could not produce harmony alone\, and without harmony all musical sense was lost. However\, Bach’s pioneering work of a four-movement dance suite in a minor for solo flute paved the way for Telemann’s Twelve Fantasies as well as flute works by his son\, CPE Bach. \nThis concert will be a deferred broadcast of a live performance\, created for lockdown. A YouTube link will be posted on this page shortly in advance of the event. \n \nSubscribe to our YouTube Channel to receive notifications!\n  \nThis concert is free to all\, but if you would like to make a donation to support it\, you can do so using the donation box here. Thank you! \n  \n 
URL:https://www.oxfordbachsoloists.com/event/back-to-bach-yu-wei-johan/
CATEGORIES:Oxford Bach Soloists
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20200705T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20200705T153000
DTSTAMP:20260404T061920
CREATED:20200702T133908Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200705T084825Z
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SUMMARY:Back to Bach: Rosie Moon & Jacob Garside
DESCRIPTION:Gibbons Fantasia à 2\nJS Bach 2 Part Inventions \nOur new YouTube series Back to Bach reveals how OBS musicians have returned to the works of JS Bach during lockdown. In this first episode\, Rosie Moon (violone & double bass) and Jacob Garside (gamba & cello) explore the evolution of polyphony from Gibbons to Bach. \nThe concert will be a deferred broadcast of a live performance\, created for lockdown. \n \nSubscribe to our YouTube Channel to receive notifications!\n  \nThis concert is free to all\, but if you would like to make a donation to support it\, you can do so using the donation box here. Thank you! \n  \n 
URL:https://www.oxfordbachsoloists.com/event/back-to-bach-rosie-jacob/
CATEGORIES:Oxford Bach Soloists
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20200301T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20200301T160000
DTSTAMP:20260404T061920
CREATED:20191004T104305Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191218T105332Z
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SUMMARY:Pantomime Villains
DESCRIPTION:JS Bach \nNimm\, was dein ist\, und gehe hin (Take what is yours and go away)\, BWV 144\nLeichtgesinnte Flattergeister (Light-minded frivolous spirits)\, BWV 181\nGleichwie der Regen und Schnee vom Himmel fällt (Just as the rain and snow fall from heaven)\, BWV 18 \nIn the lead up to Lent\, three cantatas based on parables: Cantata 144\, based on the parable of the Workers in the Vineyard\, reveals an alto aria with a sustained melody of great beauty; and Cantatas 181 and 18\, both based on the Parable of the Sower\, projecting dramatic scenes of spasmodic birds pecking at the scattered seed\, and a furious litany in which Bach rains fire and brimstone on the ‘pantomime villains\, the Turks and the Papists’.
URL:https://www.oxfordbachsoloists.com/event/pantomime-villains/
LOCATION:New College Chapel\, Holywell Street\, Oxford\, OX1 3BN
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20200209T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20200209T161500
DTSTAMP:20260404T061920
CREATED:20191004T102120Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191010T111220Z
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SUMMARY:Calm the Storm
DESCRIPTION:JS Bach \nMein Gott\, wie lang\, ach lange? (My God\, how long\, ah! how long?)\, BWV 155\nHerr\, wie du willt\, so schicks mit mir (Lord\, as you will\, so let it be done with me)\, BWV 73\nJesus schläft\, was soll ich hoffen? (Jesus sleeps\, what shall I hope for?)\, BWV 81\nErfreute Zeit im neuen Bunde (Joyful time in the new covenant)\, BWV 83 \nCantata 155 displays the 31-year-old Bach’s enchanting innovation in his younger days with one of the finest bassoon obbligati ever written. Cantatas 73 and 81 take as their starting point two of Christ’s miracles: the healing of the leper\, and the calming of the storm. The joyful Cantata 83 is possibly Bach’s first Cantata for the feast of the Purification of Mary and the Presentation of Jesus at the Temple (Candlemas) in which Simeon sings his famous Nunc dimittis.
URL:https://www.oxfordbachsoloists.com/event/calm-the-storm/
LOCATION:New College Chapel\, Holywell Street\, Oxford\, OX1 3BN
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20200112T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20200112T163000
DTSTAMP:20260404T061920
CREATED:20191010T101212Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191010T110937Z
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SUMMARY:The Magi
DESCRIPTION:JS Bach \nSinget dem Herrn ein neues Lied (Sing a new song to the Lord)\, BWV 190\nSchau\, lieber Gott\, wie meine Feind (See\, dear God\, how my enemies)\, BWV 153\nSie werden aus Saba alle kommen (They will all come forth out of Sheba)\, BWV 65\nMein liebster Jesus ist verloren (My dearest Jesus is lost)\, BWV 154\nDazu ist erschienen der Sohn Gottes (For this the Son of God appeared)\, BWV 40 \nHot off the heels of his first Christmas in Leipzig\, Bach presents us with a vibrant set of Cantatas for the New Year and Epiphany. Cantata 190 is a paean heralding the New Year\, and Cantata 153 takes the dramatic story of Herod and the Massacre of the Innocents as its inspiration. Epiphany is ushered in as a pair of horns brings the wise men with their gifts of gold\, frankincense\, and myrrh in Cantata 65.
URL:https://www.oxfordbachsoloists.com/event/the-magi/
LOCATION:New College Chapel\, Holywell Street\, Oxford\, OX1 3BN
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20191224T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20191224T190000
DTSTAMP:20260404T061920
CREATED:20180828T145230Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191223T171609Z
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SUMMARY:Magnificat: Cantatas for Christmas
DESCRIPTION:** SOLD OUT ** The waiting list is now closed.**  \nJS BACH \nPreise\, Jerusalem\, den Herrn (Praise the Lord\, Jerusalem)\, BWV 119 \nChristen\, ätzet diesen Tag (Christians\, engrave this day)\, BWV 63 \nSehet\, welch eine Liebe (Behold\, what a love has the Father shown to us)\, BWV 64 \nMagnificat in E flat major (with Christmas interpolations)\, BWV 243a  \nBach’s first Christmas in Leipzig comes with an explosion of festive music. After Advent’s ‘tempus clausum’ (closed period)\, Bach laid on nine major pieces for his singers and instrumentalists to master\, including the Magnificat in E flat major\, more commonly heard in its later D major version. \nFirst performed on Christmas Day in St Nicholas’s with his very grand Cantata 63\, it was repeated on St Stephen’s Day (26 Dec) in St Thomas’s. On the Third Day of Christmas Bach performed Cantata 64\, a reflection of sheer wonder and joy at the birth of Christ. \n \nSoloists for Magnificat 2019: Daniel Norman\, Cecilia Osmond\, William Purefoy\, Ben Davies (Top left to bottom right)
URL:https://www.oxfordbachsoloists.com/event/magnificat-cantatas-for-christmas/
LOCATION:New College Chapel\, Holywell Street\, Oxford\, OX1 3BN
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20191214T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20191214T213000
DTSTAMP:20260404T061920
CREATED:20191018T094417Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191018T095636Z
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SUMMARY:Bath Recitals: A Baroque Christmas
DESCRIPTION:Corelli Christmas Concerto\nHandel Messiah (excerpts)\nPraetorius Es ist ein Ros entsprungen\nCarbonelli Violin Sonata VIII\nBach Magnificat (excerpts)\nPurcell Behold\, I bring you glad tidings\nBach Air on a G string BWV 1068\nBach Wachet auf – Zion hört die Wächter singen BWV 140/4\nHandel Messiah – For Unto us a Child is Born\nBach Wachet auf – Gloria sei dir gesungen BWV 140/5 \nOxford Bach Soloists welcomed as guests of the Bath Recitals: ‘A Baroque Christmas‘ which brings the Bath Recitals 2019 programme to a seasonal close. \nTICKETS AVAILABLE FROM BATH RECITALS:\n \nhttps://www.bathrecitals.com/event/blenheim-singers-christmas-baroque/
URL:https://www.oxfordbachsoloists.com/event/a-baroque-christmas/
LOCATION:St Michael’s Church\, Broad Street\, Bath\, BA1 5LJ
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20191206T200000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20191206T220000
DTSTAMP:20260404T061920
CREATED:20191018T095949Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191018T103648Z
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SUMMARY:Macmillan: A Celebration of Christmas
DESCRIPTION:The Oxford Bach Soloists will be performing for the second year at the ‘A Celebration of Christmas’ concert as part of Macmillan Cancer Support’s fund-raising activities. \nJoin us for a feast of carols\, seasonal choral music and literary readings from our celebrity guests Roger Allam\, Shaun Evans\, Patricia Hodge and Sally Phillips. This uplifting event promises to get you into the festive spirit and be a memorable start to your Christmas season. We recommend early booking. \nTo ensure you have a fantastic evening\, as well as our wonderful celebrity readers\, we are delighted to welcome back award winning musical director Tom Hammond-Davies who will conduct the Oxford Bach Soloists and Steven Grahl who will play the organ. Amongst the flickering candles\, a guest chorister from Christ Church Cathedral choir will bring you the spine tingling opening notes of Once in Royal David’s City and ticket holders will be entertained as they arrive in the quad by the Magdalen College School Brass Ensemble. \nNow in its 23rd year\, A Celebration of Christmas has become Macmillan’s largest single fund-raising event in Oxfordshire. The evening is organised by volunteers to raise funds to support their work locally and with your generous support last year we raised over £44\,000 towards the cost of a local Macmillan nurse. The total cost of providing a full-time nurse for one year is £53\,000\, we continue to work towards this goal and look forward to seeing you for another wonderful evening on 6th December. \nTICKETS AVAILABLE VIA THE OXFORD PLAYHOUSE WEBSITE:\n \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://www.oxfordbachsoloists.com/event/macmillan-a-celebration-of-christmas/
LOCATION:Recorded at Christ Church Cathedral\, St. Aldates\, Oxford\, OX1 1DP
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20191117T174500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20191117T184500
DTSTAMP:20260404T061920
CREATED:20190517T103350Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190517T104110Z
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SUMMARY:Lutheran Vespers
DESCRIPTION:Photo: Nick Rutter \nJS BACH \nMache dich\, mein Geist\, bereit (Make yourself ready\, my spirit) BWV 115 \nA service of Lutheran Vespers featuring Bach’s Cantata 115 Mache dich\, mein Geist\, bereit. Performed by New College Choir\, conducted by Robert Quinney\, with the orchestra of the Oxford Bach Soloists. \nADMISSION FREE (first come\, first served)
URL:https://www.oxfordbachsoloists.com/event/lutheran-vespers-nov-2019/
LOCATION:New College Chapel\, Holywell Street\, Oxford\, OX1 3BN
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20191103T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20191103T161500
DTSTAMP:20260404T061920
CREATED:20180828T144201Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190920T130459Z
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SUMMARY:Help My Unbelief
DESCRIPTION:CANTATAS FOR THE 19th\, 20th\, 21st\, 22nd SUNDAYS AFTER TRINITY + Exclusive pre-concert talk with Professor Henrike Lähnemann \nJS BACH \nIch elender Mensch\, wer wird mich erlösen (Wretched man that I am\, who shall deliver me)\, BWV 48\nAch! ich sehe\, itzt\, da ich zur Hochzeit gehe (Ah! I see\, now\, when I go to the wedding)\, BWV 162 \nIch glaube\, lieber Herr\, hilf meinem Unglauben (I believe\, dear Lord\, help my unbelief)\, BWV 109 \nWas soll ich aus dir machen\, Ephraim (What shall I make of you\, Ephraim)\, BWV 89  \nThe cantatas Bach was writing at this time deal with the theme of Christians rejecting the material world and its temptations so as not to risk losing union with God. Cantata 162 relates to the parable of the royal wedding feast to which ‘many are called but few are chosen’. \nThe inner conflict between belief and doubt in Cantata 109 is depicted by sharp switches between two ‘voices’ sung by the same person\, and the contrast between human imperfection and divine grace is brought out in the remarkable bass aria which opens Cantata 89. \n \nJoin Professor Henrike Lähnemann for an exclusive pre-concert talk before our concert\, Help My Unbelief\, on Sunday 3 November at 2pm in New College Chapel. The talk will be on ‘O großes Hochzeitsfest! Medieval Mysticism and Baroque Rhetoric in Cantata BWV 162′ \nWhen Bach chose the text for BWV 162 (Ach! ich sehe\, itzt\, da ich zur Hochzeit gehe)\, he picked a brand-new publication by the Weimar court composer Salomon Franck. The short talk will look behind the scenes of the fashionable cantata format to discover the medieval roots of the idea of marrying Christ\, the Reformation theology of the promise of grace and the Baroque rhetoric of such great compounds as Seelengift and Adamsrock. \nThe presentation will be interspersed with musical examples presented by the Oxford Bach Soloists to show how Bach transformed these different textual elements into a rich and colourful musical offering. \nHenrike Lähnemann is Professor of Medieval German Literature and Linguistics and works on the theology\, literature and music of the Reformation. She has cooperated with the Oxford Bach Soloists on a number of occasions\, including a trip to North Germany to return to the roots of Bach’s music. Listen to the recordings from that tour on the dedicated Music of the Reformation website. \nTo attend the pre-concert talk\, you will need to purchase a ticket for the concert\, Help My Unbelief\, which will take place immediately afterwards.
URL:https://www.oxfordbachsoloists.com/event/help-my-unbelief/
LOCATION:New College Chapel\, Holywell Street\, Oxford\, OX1 3BN
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20191006T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20191006T161500
DTSTAMP:20260404T061920
CREATED:20180828T142613Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180830T102731Z
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SUMMARY:Sound In My Body
DESCRIPTION:CANTATAS FOR 14th\, 15th\, 16th\, AND 17th SUNDAYS AFTER TRINITY \nJS BACH \nEs ist nichts Gesundes an meinem Leibe (There is nothing sound in my body)\, BWV 25 \nWarum betrübst du dich\, mein Herz (Why do you trouble yourself\, my heart)\, BVW 138 \nChristus\, der ist mein Leben (Christ\, he is my life)\, BWV 95 \nBringet dem Herrn Ehre seines Namen (Bring to the Lord the honour due)\, BWV 148  \nThroughout the long summer and autumn Trinitarian period\, the Lutheran lectionary’s emphasis on sin and sickness in mind and body reaches full tilt in expressions such as ‘The whole world is but a hospital’ in Cantata 25. But Bach’s music is the ‘balm of Gilead’ that heals all\, above the ceaseless lament.
URL:https://www.oxfordbachsoloists.com/event/sound-in-my-body/
LOCATION:New College Chapel\, Holywell Street\, Oxford\, OX1 3BN
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20190901T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20190901T161500
DTSTAMP:20260404T061920
CREATED:20180828T140053Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190807T141841Z
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SUMMARY:Sanctus
DESCRIPTION:CANTATAS FOR THE 11th\, 12th\, AND 13th SUNDAYS AFTER TRINITY \nJS BACH \nSiehe zu\, daß deine Gottesfurcht nicht Heuchelei sei (See to it\, that your fear of God be not hypocrisy)\, BWV 179 \nLobe den Herrn\, meine Seele (Praise the Lord\, my soul)\, BWV 69a \nDu sollt Gott\, deinen Herren\, lieben (You shall love God\, your Lord)\, BWV 77 \nSanctus in C major\, BWV 237 \nA stirring Sanctus in C major\, and three cantatas with big statements: BWV 179 preaches against hypocrisy with marvelous directness; BWV 77 illustrates the second of Jesus’ two commandments recounted in the gospel narratives – to ‘love thy neighbour as thyself’ – in a potent musical doctrine foreshadowing Brahms’s German Requiem; and BWV 69a enjoins us to praise the Lord and ‘do not forget what good He has done for you!’ with brilliant trumpet trills and vigorous arpeggios.
URL:https://www.oxfordbachsoloists.com/event/sanctus/
LOCATION:New College Chapel\, Holywell Street\, Oxford\, OX1 3BN
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