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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
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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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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20190824T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20190824T213000
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SUMMARY:Bath Recitals: A Thousand Years of Baroque
DESCRIPTION:Handel – Bach – Scarlatti \nHandel Eternal Source of Light Divine\nHandel Water Music Suite No3\nBach Coffee Cantata\nScarlatti Salve Regina\nHandel Messiah (excerpts)\nHandel Jeptha: Waft her Angels through the Skies\nBach Easter Oratorio (excerpts)\nBach Cantata no181 (Final chorus) \nOxford Bach Soloists welcomed as guests of the Bath Recitals: ‘A Thousand Years of Baroque‘ in celebration of the opulence and grandeur of the Baroque featuring music by Handel\, Bach\, and Scarlatti! \nTICKETS AVAILABLE FROM BATH RECITALS:\n \nhttps://www.bathrecitals.com/event/oxford-bach-soloists/
URL:https://www.oxfordbachsoloists.com/event/a-thousand-years-of-baroque/
LOCATION:St Michael’s Church\, Broad Street\, Bath\, BA1 5LJ
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20190804T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20190804T161500
DTSTAMP:20260405T181147
CREATED:20180828T133356Z
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SUMMARY:Behold and See
DESCRIPTION:CANTATAS FOR 7th\, 8th\, 9th\, AND 10th SUNDAYS AFTER TRINITY \nJS BACH \nÄrgre dich\, o Seele\, nicht (Do not be confounded\, o soul)\, BWV 186 \nErforsche mich\, Gott\, und erfahre mein Herz (Examine me\, God\, and know my heart)\, BWV 136 \nHerr\, gehe nicht ins Gericht (Lord\, do not pass judgment on Your servant)\, BWV 105 \nSchauet doch und sehet (Behold and see\, if there be any sorrow like my sorrow)\, BWV 46  \nRecycling was very much a part of the 18th century composer’s armoury\, and Bach’s efforts were the most inventive. Cantata 186\, which started life in Weimar 1716\, is presented in its later\, expanded version. \nCantata 136 opens with one of the most confident choruses ever written. Rushing semiquaver scales skirl about the horn heralding the main tune. Bach later recycled this chorus as the ‘Cum Sancto Spiritu’ of the Lutheran Mass in A (BWV 234). \nCantata 105 holds us in breathless suspense with the most beautiful plaintive soprano aria. Cantata 46 stands unique among the two hundred cantatas for grim power and tense drama\, and its opening section came to be re-used in the B minor Mass.
URL:https://www.oxfordbachsoloists.com/event/behold-and-see/
LOCATION:New College Chapel\, Holywell Street\, Oxford\, OX1 3BN
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20190630T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20190630T161500
DTSTAMP:20260405T181147
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SUMMARY:The Heavens are Telling
DESCRIPTION:(Photo: Chris King) \nCANTATAS FOR THE 2nd AND 4th SUNDAYS AFTER TRINITY \nJS BACH \nDie Himmel erzählen die Ehre Gottes (The heavens are telling the glory of God)\, BWV 76 \nEin ungefärbt Gemüte (An unblemished conscience)\, BWV 24 \nHerz und Mund und Tat und Leben (Heart and mouth and deed and life)\, BWV 147  \nKeen to impress the congregations in Leipzig\, Bach’s first Cantatas in his new role set the bar extraordinarily high. Both Cantata 75 (for Whit Sunday) and Cantata 76 are written on a great scale consisting of 14 movements\, in two parts divided by the sermon\, and display magnificent choruses. \nCantata 24 was written and performed two weeks later\, and Cantata 147 on the Feast of the Visitation of Mary featuring two identical pastoral chorales\, famously known in the English-speaking world as Jesu\, joy of man’s desiring.
URL:https://www.oxfordbachsoloists.com/event/heavens-are-telling/
LOCATION:St Michael at the North Gate\, Cornmarket\, Oxford\, OX1 3EY
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20190602T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20190602T161500
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SUMMARY:Whit Sunday
DESCRIPTION:(Photo of Aimee Presswood: Motion Photo Studio) \nCANTATAS FOR WHIT SUNDAY AND 1st SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY \nJS BACH \nWeichet nur\, betrübte Schatten (Dissipate\, you troublesome shadows)\, BWV 202  – Soloist: Aimee Presswood\, \nWer mich liebet (Whoever loves me will keep my word)\, BWV 59 \nDie Elenden sollen essen (The meek shall eat and be satisfied)\, BWV 75  \nBarely arrived in Leipzig\, Bach probably announced himself with Cantata 59 on Whit Sunday 1723 (16 May)\, six days before his family joined him. Eight days later\, he began his first Leipzig cantata cycle with Cantata 75. \nConsisting of 14 movements\, this expansive cantata confirms Bach’s mighty enthusiasm as he entered upon his duties. The secular Cantata 202 for solo soprano was most likely composed for a wedding. \nTraditionally thought to have been for his own wedding to Anna Magdalena in 1721\, it contains one of the most celebrated of all Bach’s arias\, Sich üben im Lieben.
URL:https://www.oxfordbachsoloists.com/event/whit-sunday/
LOCATION:New College Chapel\, Holywell Street\, Oxford\, OX1 3BN
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20190519T174500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20190519T184500
DTSTAMP:20260405T181147
CREATED:20190429T111417Z
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SUMMARY:Lutheran Vespers
DESCRIPTION:Photo: Nick Rutter \nJS BACH \nEs ist euch gut\, daß ich hingehe (It is good for you that I go away) BWV 108 \nA service of Lutheran Vespers featuring Bach’s Cantata 108 Es ist euch gut\, daß ich hingehe. 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-may-2019/
LOCATION:New College Chapel\, Holywell Street\, Oxford\, OX1 3BN
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20190505T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20190505T161500
DTSTAMP:20260405T181147
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SUMMARY:Word of Thunder
DESCRIPTION:CANTATAS FOR THE LAST SUNDAYS IN TRINITY \nJS BACH \nHöchsterwünschtes Freudenfest (Most highly desired festival of joy)\, BWV 194 \nO Ewigkeit\, du Donnerwort (O eternity\, you word of thunder)\, BWV 60 \nEs reißet euch ein schrecklich Ende (A horrible end will carry you off)\, BWV 90 \nWachet! betet! betet! wachet! (Watch! pray! pray! watch!)\, BWV 70  \nOn 2nd November 1723\, Bach was in Störmthal and performed Cantata 194 to dedicate their new organ. Full of extrovert colours\, Bach adapts the structure and style of an orchestral suite into cantata form. Easter Day falls late this year and so we bring forward the cantatas Bach wrote for the final Sundays in Trinity. \nThese dramatic works deal with the subject of Christ’s second coming as judge of the world\, and warn us to keep watch and pray (Cantata 70) or face a terrifying outcome (Cantata 90).
URL:https://www.oxfordbachsoloists.com/event/word-of-thunder/
LOCATION:New College Chapel\, Holywell Street\, Oxford\, OX1 3BN
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20190420T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20190420T170000
DTSTAMP:20260405T181147
CREATED:20180821T134630Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190420T100434Z
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SUMMARY:Easter Oratorio
DESCRIPTION:*** MAIN CHAPEL SOLD OUT *** Walkups available on the door for £20. First-come-first-served. \nJS Bach\nIch hatte viel Bekümmernis (I had much grief)\, BWV 21 \nOster-Oratorium (Easter Oratorio)\, BWV 249 \nSoprano: Aileen Thomson\nMezzo-soprano: Esther Brazil\nTenor: Ruairi Bowen\nBaritone: Humphrey Thompson \nOne of Bach’s earliest Weimar cantatas Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis is performed here in its first Leipzig version. Complete with 11 movements\, the story takes us from darkness to blazing light. This journey from grief to joy is echoed in Bach’s 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.
URL:https://www.oxfordbachsoloists.com/event/easter-oratorio-2019/
LOCATION:New College Chapel\, Holywell Street\, Oxford\, OX1 3BN
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20190419T133000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20190419T153000
DTSTAMP:20260405T181147
CREATED:20180821T133958Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190413T102826Z
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SUMMARY:St John Passion
DESCRIPTION:JS Bach\nJohannes-Passion (St John Passion)\, BWV 245 \n*MAIN CHAPEL SOLD OUT* N.B. Walk-ups will be admitted to the ante-chapel. This will be on a first-come-first-served basis and cost £20. (Doors open at 12.30pm). \nEvangelist: Ben Johnson\nChrist: Humphrey Thompson\nPilate: Tom Lowen \nOne of Bach’s best loved works\, the St John Passion was first performed on Good Friday of 1724 in the St. Nicholas Church\, Leipzig. ‘More daring\, forceful and poetic’ than the St Matthew Passion\, according to Schumann\, this operatic work is presented by an ensemble of soloists\, four-part choir\, strings and basso continuo together with pairs of flauti traversi and oboes doubling on oboe da caccia. Bach also uses viola d’amore and viola da gamba to create special colours within the instrumental mix. \nThe narrative is led by the Evangelist with an impressive line-up including Jesus\, Pilate\, Peter\, a maid and a servant.
URL:https://www.oxfordbachsoloists.com/event/st-john-passion-2019/
LOCATION:New College Chapel\, Holywell Street\, Oxford\, OX1 3BN
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20190303T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20190303T161500
DTSTAMP:20260405T181147
CREATED:20180821T132440Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190109T120521Z
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SUMMARY:Bach's Leipzig Audition
DESCRIPTION:Will Anderson\, tenor\, Choral Scholar 2018-19 \nJS BACH \nHimmelskönig\, sei willkommen (King of Heaven\, welcome)\, BWV 182 \nJesus nahm zu sich die Zwölfe (Jesus gathered the twelve to Himself)\, BWV 22 \nDu wahrer Gott und Davids Sohn (You true God and Son of David)\, BWV 23  \nDuring his Weimar years\, Bach performed his Palm Sunday Cantata 182 no less than three times. A firm favourite\, it depicts the arrival of Jesus into Jerusalem on a donkey. \nIn December 1722 Bach was keen to leave Köthen and applied for the cantorate of the Thomaskirche in Leipzig. Anxious to woo the reluctant Leipzigers\, who were not particularly disposed to appoint him\, he diplomatically presented himself as a composer on quite modest lines. \nAt his audition on 7th February 1723 he performed Cantatas 22 and 23 which\, despite slim forces of oboe and strings\, contain some of the most affecting and imaginative music in the cantata repertoire.
URL:https://www.oxfordbachsoloists.com/event/bachs-leipzig-audition/
LOCATION:New College Chapel\, Holywell Street\, Oxford\, OX1 3BN
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20190224T174500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20190224T184500
DTSTAMP:20260405T181147
CREATED:20180821T130246Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180830T102245Z
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SUMMARY:Lutheran Vespers
DESCRIPTION:Photo: Stephen Page (Fatkoala Images) \nJS BACH \nGleichwie der Regen und Schnee vom Himmel fällt (Just as the rain and snow fall from heaven) BWV 18  \nA service of Lutheran Vespers featuring Bach’s Cantata 18 Gleichwie der Regen und Schnee vom Himmel fällt. This dramatic cantata\, written for Sexagesima Sunday\, is richly scored for four violas and shows Bach’s vivid use of the latest operatic styles of the early 18th century. Performed by New College Choir\, conducted by Robert Quinney\, with the orchestra of the Oxford Bach Soloists.
URL:https://www.oxfordbachsoloists.com/event/lutheran-vespers-feb-2019/
LOCATION:New College Chapel\, Holywell Street\, Oxford\, OX1 3BN
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20190203T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20190203T161500
DTSTAMP:20260405T181147
CREATED:20180820T153309Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180830T102221Z
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SUMMARY:Cantatas for New Year
DESCRIPTION:(Image: Steph Franklin\, mezzo-soprano\, Choral Scholar 2018-19\, Photo: Broadway Studios) \nJS BACH’s Cantatas for New Year \nTritt auf die Glaubensbahn (Step upon the path of faith)\, BWV 152 \nMein Gott\, wie lang\, ach lange? (My God\, how long\, ah\, how long?)\, BWV 155 \nDie Zeit\, die Tag und Jahre macht (Time\, which day and year doth make)\, BWV 134a \nUnique among Bach’s church music\, Cantata 152 for the 1st Sunday after Christmas in 1714 is scored for recorders\, viola d’amore\, viola da gamba\, and oboe. These ‘old fashioned’ instruments\, chosen for their tender qualities\, create an exquisitely delicate intimacy. \nCantata 155\, written for the 2nd Sunday after Epiphany in 1716\, displays the 31-year-old’s enchanting innovation at the Weimar court with one of the finest bassoon obbligati ever written. \nThe secular Cantata 134a is Bach’s first extant Cantata for New Year\, written for 1st January 1719 whilst Kapellmeister in Köthen. Featuring two allegorical characters\, Zeit (Time) and Göttliche Vorsehung (Divine Providence)\, they pour out blessings of fortune over Prince Leopold and his people of Anhalt-Köthen.
URL:https://www.oxfordbachsoloists.com/event/cantatas-for-new-year/
LOCATION:New College Chapel\, Holywell Street\, Oxford\, OX1 3BN
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20190203T133000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20190203T180000
DTSTAMP:20260405T181147
CREATED:20180829T143915Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180905T105300Z
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SUMMARY:OBS Friends' Day
DESCRIPTION:We will be hosting a unique event as a thank you to our Friends with a wonderful programme created around our concert that day\, Cantatas for the New Year. This includes: \n1.30 – 2.30pm Recital Lecture by Robert Quinney\, MA\, MPhil (Cantab)\, Organist and Tutorial Fellow in Music\n3 – 4.15pm OBS Concert: Cantatas for the New Year (ticket required)\n4.15 – 5.30pm Drinks reception for all Friends \nMembers of the Dresden Court are also invited to join us for:\n7 – 7.45pm Private Concert in the Warden’s Lodgings\n7.45pm Private evening dinner with the Trustees \nPLEASE BE AWARE THAT THIS EVENT IS FOR CURRENT FRIENDS ONLY. If you would like to find out more about how to become a Friend and attend our event in February\, please see our Friends page which highlights all the benefits and gives details about how to support us.
URL:https://www.oxfordbachsoloists.com/event/friends-day/
LOCATION:New College Chapel\, Holywell Street\, Oxford\, OX1 3BN
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20181224T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20181224T190000
DTSTAMP:20260405T181147
CREATED:20180326T212104Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181216T232359Z
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SUMMARY:Christmas Oratorio
DESCRIPTION:JS BACH\nWeihnachts-Oratorium (Christmas Oratorio)\, BWV 248 – Parts I\, II\, III \n*SOLD OUT* N.B. Walk-ups will be admitted to the ante-chapel. This will be on a first-come-first-served basis and cost £20. (Doors open at 4pm). \nAileen Thomson\, soprano\nWilliam Purefoy\, alto\nDaniel Norman\, tenor\nBen Davies\, baritone \nJoin us for one of Oxford’s most evocative seasonal events in the magical setting of New College Chapel. Oxford Bach Soloists’ Christmas Oratorio is sure to be a memorable way to celebrate Christmas this year. There will be a performance of J. S. Bach’s much loved telling of the Christmas story with the first three parts of his 1734 Christmas Oratorio. This glittering masterpiece describes the Birth of Jesus\, the annunciation to the shepherds\, and the adoration of the shepherds.
URL:https://www.oxfordbachsoloists.com/event/christmas-oratorio-18/
LOCATION:New College Chapel\, Holywell Street\, Oxford\, OX1 3BN
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20181209T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20181209T161500
DTSTAMP:20260405T181147
CREATED:20180324T135942Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190418T132100Z
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SUMMARY:Morning Star
DESCRIPTION:JS BACH’s Cantatas for Advent \nNun komm\, der Heiden Heiland (Now come\, Saviour of the heathens)\, BWV 61 \nDurchlauchtster Leopold (Most illustrious Leopold)\, BWV 173a \nÄrgre dich\, o Seele\, nicht (Do not be confounded\, o soul)\, BWV 186a \nBereitet die Wege\, bereitet die Bahn (Prepare the paths\, prepare the road)\, BWV 132 \nA rousing French ‘Ouverture’\, plucked strings depicting the gentle knocking of the Christ\, and divine angels hovering round the manger: Bach’s popular ‘Nun komm der Heiden Heiland’ BWV 61 opens this concert of Advent Cantatas with rapturous expectation. \nFor the Third Sunday of Advent\, Cantata 186a hold us in breathless suspense with its arresting\, unexpected dissonances. Cantata 132 for the Fourth Sunday of Advent “Prepares the Way” with eager running passages abound\, and extravagant kaleidoscopic colours. \nThe congratulatory ‘birthday’ cantata Durchlauchster Leopold was written for the 28th birthday of Bach’s employer\, Prince Leopold of Anhalt-Köthen\, on 10th December\, and is full of dances and courtly praise.
URL:https://www.oxfordbachsoloists.com/event/morning-star/
LOCATION:New College Chapel\, Holywell Street\, Oxford\, OX1 3BN
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20181104T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20181104T161500
DTSTAMP:20260405T181147
CREATED:20180317T131724Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190418T132003Z
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SUMMARY:Caesar's Coin
DESCRIPTION:Antonio VIVALDI\nConcerto for 2 Cellos in G minor\, RV 531 \nArvo PÄRT\nTribute to Caesar  \nJS BACH\nOrgan: Wo soll ich fliehen hin BWV 646 \nDietrich BUXTEHUDE\nCantata: Wo soll ich fliehen hin BuxWV 112 \nJS BACH\n Cantata: Nur jedem das Seine (To each his own!)\, BWV 163 \nWhen the Pharisees attempted to trap Jesus by asking him whether paying taxes to Caesar was an offence to God\, their expectation was that any response he offered would be heretical. Jesus’ answer sent them away disappointed: “Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar’s\, and unto God the things which are God’s.” (Matthew 22:21) \nBach’s response to this Gospel passage is borne out in Cantata 163 Nur jedem das Seine (To each his own!). Scored uniquely for two obbligato cellos\, it conjures up an irresistible picture of two coin-polishers at work\, under the goading eye of the foreman\, swinging and striking their hammers. \nAlmost 282 years later to the day\, the Estonian composer Arvo Pärt set this same text in Tribute to Caesar for a cappella choir in 1997. Written in his trademark “tintinnabuli” style\, it is full of prayerful musical devotion. \nWith two cellos at our disposal\, the opportunity to perform Vivaldi’s Concerto for 2 Cellos is irresistible. Like so many of his concertos\, it was probably written for the all-girl orchestra of the Ospedale della Pietà in Venice\, with which he was associated for some four decades. It is energetic\, lively\, but also lyrical and expressive\, the dark colours of the cello intertwining with each other and the orchestra in a uniquely attractive way. \nDietrich Buxtehude’s beautiful cantata Wo soll ich fliehen hin\, in which a sinner’s anguished soul desperately seeks refuge and is welcomed by a forgiving God\, is 18 minutes of uninterrupted rapture.
URL:https://www.oxfordbachsoloists.com/event/caesars-coin/
LOCATION:New College Chapel\, Holywell Street\, Oxford\, OX1 3BN
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20181014T174500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20181014T184500
DTSTAMP:20260405T181147
CREATED:20180716T144725Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180716T145433Z
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SUMMARY:Lutheran Vespers
DESCRIPTION:A service of Lutheran Vespers featuring Bach’s Cantata 180 ‘Schmücke dich\, o liebe Seele’ (Adorn thyself\, dear soul). New College Choir\, conducted by Robert Quinney. \nService. Not ticketed; places available on a first come\, first served basis. For further information please call the Chapel Office on 01865 279108.
URL:https://www.oxfordbachsoloists.com/event/lutheran-vespers-14-october/
LOCATION:New College Chapel\, Holywell Street\, Oxford\, OX1 3BN
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20181007T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20181007T161500
DTSTAMP:20260405T181147
CREATED:20180316T124958Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190418T131912Z
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SUMMARY:Wedding Music
DESCRIPTION:JS BACH\nCantata: Ach! ich sehe\, itzt\, da ich zur Hochzeit gehe (Ah! I see\, now\, when I go to the wedding)\, BWV 162 \nOrgan: Prelude and Fugue in E flat “St Anne”\, BWV 552 \nCantata: Der Herr denket an uns (The Lord is mindful of us)\, BWV 196 \nWedding Quodlibet\, BWV 524 \nMotet: Lobet den Herrn\, alle Heiden (Praise the Lord\, all ye nations)\, BWV 230 \nBach’s cantata Ach\, ich sehe\, jetzt da ich zur Hochzeit gehe was written in Weimar and probably performed in 1716. It relates to the parable of the King’s invitation to the wedding of his son\, the libretto skilfully comparing life with a journey to a nuptial feast. It begins at first with a warning sung by a deep bass – appropriately grim in character – before breaking into lively leaps for joy on arrival at the feast. \nBach’s Prelude and Fugue in E flat major BWV 552 has become known in English-speaking countries as the “St. Anne” because of the fugue’s resemblance to the St. Anne hymn ‘O God\, Our Help in Ages Past’ by William Croft\, a hymn that Bach would not have known. Composed between 1735-36\, the Prelude and Fugue bookend Bach’s most extensive work for organ\, the Clavier-Übung III\, and was one of the four likely pieces for the final music at the wedding of Prince Edward\, Duke of Kent\, to Miss Katharine Worsley\, at York Minster in 1961. \nThe wedding for which Bach wrote the cantata Der Herr denket an uns BWV 196 was no doubt a humble one\, celebrated in the small 15th century church of the tiny village of Dornheim\, just outside Arnstadt\, and the scene for his own first wedding. It is an exhilarating work with buoyancy and brilliance\, full of optimism. Around the same time\, the humorous and coarse (!) Wedding Quodlibet was written\, possibly for his own wedding to Maria Barbara. \nThe festive motet Lobet den Herrn\, alle Heiden BWV 230 conveys praise and honour with choral fanfares and dances.
URL:https://www.oxfordbachsoloists.com/event/wedding-music/
LOCATION:New College Chapel\, Holywell Street\, Oxford\, OX1 3BN
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20180909T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20180909T161500
DTSTAMP:20260405T181147
CREATED:20180316T115358Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190418T131827Z
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SUMMARY:The Last Hour
DESCRIPTION:JS BACH\nKeyboard Concerto in F major\, BWV 1057 (after Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 BWV 1049)  \nJohann PACHELBEL\nChorale and 7 Partita on “Herzlich tut mich verlangen”\, P.378  \nJS BACH\nHerzlich tut mich verlangen\, BWV 727 \nKomm\, du süße Todesstunde (Come\, you sweet hour of death)\, BWV 161\n \nWhen Bach decided to transcribe his Brandenburg Concerto No. 4\, BWV 1049 into the Keyboard Concerto in F\, BWV 1057\, he created something exceptionally effective from the triple concerto for violin and two recorders. Inspired by the endless possibilities\, the harpsichord is deployed in ingenious ways with a wealth of timbres. \nBach’s Cantata Komm\, du süße Todesstunde is of indescribable charm\, the sound of two recorders characterising the peaceful\, spiritualised tone that prevails. This mournfully yet happy piece is just one of Bach’s many sermons on the hour of death\, and contains the German hymn-melody which is best known in this country\, the so-called Passion Chorale\, H. L. Hassler’s ‘Herzlich thut mich verlange’\, on which Pachelbel set his Chorale and 7 Partita.
URL:https://www.oxfordbachsoloists.com/event/the-last-hour/
LOCATION:New College Chapel\, Holywell Street\, Oxford\, OX1 3BN
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20180825T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20180825T213000
DTSTAMP:20260405T181147
CREATED:20180703T151413Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180703T155737Z
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SUMMARY:Grand Baroque: Handel in Bath
DESCRIPTION:GF Handel  \n‘Dettingen’ Te Deum HWV 283 \nCoronation Anthem: Zadok the Priest HWV 258\nCoronation Anthem: My heart is inditing HWV 261 \nOmbra mai fu (Xerxes)\nRevenge\, Timotheus cries (Alexander’s Feast)\nWaft her\, angels\, through the skies (Jeptha)\nLet the bright seraphim (Samson)\nLet their celestial concerts all unite (Samson) \nOxford Bach Soloists welcomed as guests of the Bath Recitals ‘Baroque Series’ in celebration of the opulence and grandeur of the Baroque in this concert featuring Coronation Anthems Handel wrote for King George II and his magnificent ‘Dettingen’ Te Deum first performed in 1743 in the Chapel Royal of St James’s Palace\, London. Favourite arias from some of Handel’s best-known operas and oratorios will also be performed. The perfect way to enjoy the Bank Holiday weekend! \nTICKETS AVAILABLE FROM BATH RECITALS:\n \nhttps://www.bathrecitals.com/event/grand-baroque/
URL:https://www.oxfordbachsoloists.com/event/grand-baroque/
LOCATION:St Michael’s Church\, Broad Street\, Bath\, BA1 5LJ
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20180805T151500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20180805T161500
DTSTAMP:20260405T181147
CREATED:20180315T190452Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190418T131744Z
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SUMMARY:My Heart Swims in Blood
DESCRIPTION:JS Bach\nConcerto for Oboe d’amore in A major BWV 1055R \nCantata: Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut (My heart swims in blood) BWV 199\nAileen Thomson\, soprano \nAileen Thomson\, soprano \nBach’s Concerto in A major\, originally written for the Oboe d’amore\, and his solo soprano cantata Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut (My heart swims in blood) exhibit all the richness of invention of the youthful Bach. The Concerto is vivacious\, sparkling\, and deeply expressive. The Cantata\, written for the 11th Sunday after Trinity during his Weimar period\, sets a typically baroque graphic text by the Darmstadt court librarian Georg Christian Lehms\, portraying mankind tormented by his consciousness of sin. The Gospel reading for the day tells the parable of the Pharisee and the publican\, and this cantata captures the humility\, shame\, and remorse of the publican in a way that only Johann Sebastian Bach could. In spite of its somewhat alarming title\, the work is tender and charming with the most exquisite and memorable melodies.
URL:https://www.oxfordbachsoloists.com/event/my-heart-swims-in-blood/
LOCATION:New College Chapel\, Holywell Street\, Oxford\, OX1 3BN
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20180701T151500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20180701T161500
DTSTAMP:20260405T181147
CREATED:20180302T130427Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190418T131701Z
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SUMMARY:Dixit Dominus
DESCRIPTION:N.B. This performance will take place at St Michael at the North Gate\, Oxford\, OX1 3EY \nDietrich BUXTEHUDE\nCantata: Alles\, was ihr tut mit Worten oder Werken (Everything that you do in word or deed) BuxWV 4 \nJS BACH\nCantata: Widerstehe doch der Sünde (Just resist sin) BWV 54\nSam Mitchell\, countertenor \nGeorge Frideric HANDEL\nDixit Dominus HWV 232 \nBach and Handel\, two of the greatest composers of their age\, both born in 1685\, worked at their art without ever meeting. But they came close. In 1719 Bach’s work took him to Halle\, where Handel was home on a visit. Bach learned of Handel’s visit and tried meet with him\, but alas Handel had departed the day before. Ten years later\, Bach made a second attempt to contact Handel but failed again. \nThey both admired and studied with the great organist and composer\, Dietrich Buxtehude\, and a condition for the position at St Mary’s was that the successor should marry the organist’s daughter. Alas\, both Bach and Handel felt that marrying Anna Margareta was too high a price to pay…! \nHandel’s dramatic and virtuosic Dixit Dominus is his earliest surviving autograph written in Rome in 1707\, only two months after Dietrich Buxtehude had died. Bach’s solo alto Cantata for the Third Sunday in Lent\, Widerstehe doch der Sünde\, was written in Weimar between 1711 and 1714\, and begins with a strikingly dissonant chord\, warning against sin as an endowment of the devil\, outwardly attractive but deadly within. \nN.B. This performance will take place at St Michael at the North Gate\, Oxford\, OX1 3EY
URL:https://www.oxfordbachsoloists.com/event/dixit-dominus/
LOCATION:St Michael at the North Gate\, Cornmarket\, Oxford\, OX1 3EY
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20180603T151500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20180603T161500
DTSTAMP:20260405T181147
CREATED:20180302T111354Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190418T131421Z
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SUMMARY:Worthy is the Lamb
DESCRIPTION:JS Bach\nBarmherziges Herze der ewigen Liebe (Merciful heart of eternal love)\, BWV 185\nIch hatte viel Bekümmernis (I had much grief)\, BWV 21 \nGF Handel\nWorthy is the Lamb (from ‘Messiah’)\, HWV 56 \n“Worthy is the Lamb that was slain”\, the text also chosen to conclude Handel’s Messiah in 1741\, was the inspiration behind the final movement of Bach’s Cantata 21 Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis almost 30 years before. \nComplete with trumpets and drums\, it’s tempting to think that Handel may himself have been inspired by it\, though the two composers famously never met. \nCantata 185 Barmherziges Herze der ewigen Liebe written for the Fourth Sunday of Trinity in 1715\, shows the playful side of Bach in a piece of mild satire at the Duke of Weimar’s expense!
URL:https://www.oxfordbachsoloists.com/event/worthy-is-the-lamb/
LOCATION:New College Chapel\, Holywell Street\, Oxford\, OX1 3BN
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20180506T151500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20180506T161500
DTSTAMP:20260405T181147
CREATED:20180301T133928Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190418T131332Z
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SUMMARY:Air on a G String
DESCRIPTION:Download Programme \nPDF Air on a G String \n  \nJS Bach\nOrchestral Suite No. 3 in D major\, BWV 1068\nIch lasse dich nicht\, du segnest mich denn (I will not let you go unless you bless me)\, BWV Anh. 159\n Erschallet\, ihr Lieder\, erklinget\, ihr Saiten! (Ring forth o songs\, resound\, you strings!)\, BWV 172\n O heilges Geist- und Wasserbad (O holy bath of Spirit and water)\, BWV 165 \nBach’s lavishly scored Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major is the home of the celebrated second movement often misnamed Air on a G string. The title comes from an arrangement by the late nineteenth century German violinist August Wilhelmj who transposed the work down a tone so that the part of the first violins could be played entirely on the lowest string\, the G string. \nBach’s tender and hypnotic eight-voiced motet Ich lasse dich nich\, du segnest mich denn is the earliest surviving motet of his dating from 1712 or earlier whilst he was employed by the Dukes of Weimar. \nDuring this same period at the ‘Himmelsburg’ (Castle of Heaven)\, he was to compose the effulgent cantata for Pentecost Erschallet\, ihr Lieder\, erklinget\, ihr Saiten! depicting the fiery arrival of the Holy Spirit. One year later in 1715\, the intimate O heilges Geist- und Wasserbad for Trinity Sunday was penned\, a cantata of remarkable diversity and richness in contrasts.
URL:https://www.oxfordbachsoloists.com/event/air-on-a-g-string/
LOCATION:New College Chapel\, Holywell Street\, Oxford\, OX1 3BN
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20180415T151500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20180415T161500
DTSTAMP:20260405T181147
CREATED:20180225T221420Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190418T131243Z
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SUMMARY:Hunting Cantata
DESCRIPTION:JS Bach\nLobe den Herrn\, meine Seele (Praise the Lord\, my soul)\, BWV 143\nGleichwie der Regen und Schnee vom Himmel fällt (Just as the rain and snow fall from heaven)\, BWV 18\nWas mir behagt\, ist nur die muntre Jagd (The lively hunt is all my heart’s desire)\, BWV 208 \nBach’s Cantata for New Year’s Day with hunting calls and timpani opens this concert on a pastoral theme\, bringing together some unusual colours in Cantata 18 for four violas. The concert ends with the famous ‘Hunting Cantata’ featuring the favourite aria ‘Sheep may safely graze’.
URL:https://www.oxfordbachsoloists.com/event/hunting-cantata/
LOCATION:New College Chapel\, Holywell Street\, Oxford\, OX1 3BN
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20180331T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20180331T170000
DTSTAMP:20260405T181147
CREATED:20180118T122228Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190418T131125Z
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SUMMARY:Easter Oratorio
DESCRIPTION:*ONLINE SALES CLOSED* Tickets available on the door. Ante-chapel tickets available for walk-ups on a first-come-first-served basis at £20 (£10 students). \nJS Bach\nDer Himmel lacht! Die Erde jubilieret (Heaven laughs! Earth exults)\, BWV 31\nWeinen\, Klagen\, Sorgen\, Zagen (Weeping\, lamenting\, worrying\, fearing)\, BWV 12\nDer Friede sei mit dir (Peace be with you)\, BWV 158\nOster-Oratorium (Easter Oratorio)\, BWV 249 \nSoprano: Aileen Thomson\nMezzo-soprano: Esther Brazil\nTenor: Nick Pritchard\nBaritone: George Robarts\nBaritone: Humphrey Thompson \nBach’s festive scoring of his dramatic 1725 Easter Oratorio for orchestra and chorus tells the Easter story through four characters: Simon Peter\, John the Apostle\, Mary Magdalene and Mary Jacobe. \nThe Easter Oratorio provides the triumphant close to this concert which opens with Bach’s earliest cantatas for Easter Day\, including some of the music he was to reuse in his immortal B Minor Mass.
URL:https://www.oxfordbachsoloists.com/event/easter-oratorio-2/
LOCATION:New College Chapel\, Holywell Street\, Oxford\, OX1 3BN
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20180330T133000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20180330T153000
DTSTAMP:20260405T181147
CREATED:20180118T120436Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190418T131035Z
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SUMMARY:St John Passion
DESCRIPTION:JS Bach\nJohannes-Passion (St John Passion)\, BWV 245 \nEvangelist: Stefan Kennedy\nChrist: Humphrey Thompson\nPilate: George Robarts\nSoprano: Aileen Thomson\nAlto: Alexander Chance\nBaritone: Peter Norris \nOne of Bach’s best loved works\, the St John Passion was first performed on Good Friday of 1724 in the St. Nicholas Church\, Leipzig. ‘More daring\, forceful and poetic’ than the St Matthew Passion\, according to Schumann\, this operatic work is presented by an ensemble of soloists\, four-part choir\, strings and basso continuo together with pairs of flauti traversi and oboes doubling on oboe da caccia. Bach also uses viola d’amore and viola da gamba to create special colours within the instrumental mix. \nThe narrative is led by the Evangelist with an impressive line-up including Jesus\, Pilate\, Peter\, a maid and a servant.
URL:https://www.oxfordbachsoloists.com/event/st-john-passion/
LOCATION:New College Chapel\, Holywell Street\, Oxford\, OX1 3BN
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20180310T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20180310T213000
DTSTAMP:20260405T181147
CREATED:20180123T114912Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180123T122401Z
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SUMMARY:Bach B Minor Mass
DESCRIPTION:Wooburn Singers is an auditioned chamber choir of 50 singers in South Buckinghamshire\, founded by Richard Hickox in 1967. For this event they will be supported by the Oxford Bach Soloists baroque orchestra\, directed by Tom Hammond-Davies. \nSoprano: Cecilia Osmond\nMezzo-soprano: Esther Brazil\nTenor: Stefan Kennedy\nBass: Brian McAlea\n  \nTicket prices: £15 (Under-18s free)\nBooking information: Box Office: 01628 482093\, or online at www.wooburnsingers.org.uk
URL:https://www.oxfordbachsoloists.com/event/bach-b-minor-mass/
LOCATION:All Saints Church\, High Wycombe\, Buckinghamshire\, HP13 6RF
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20180304T151500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20180304T161500
DTSTAMP:20260405T181147
CREATED:20180118T115516Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180301T131904Z
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SUMMARY:Bach Cantatas: Music for the Dukes
DESCRIPTION:JS Bach\nOrchestral Suite No. 1 in C major\, BWV 1066\nAlles\, was von Gott geboren (All that is born of God)\, BWV 80a\nHimmelskönig\, sei willkommen (King of Heaven\, welcome)\, BWV 182 \nBach’s thrilling Orchestral Suite in C major\, full of surprises and unexpected fun\, is the opener to this concert which includes some of his earliest cantatas. These were composed in service to the Weimar dukes at the legendary ‘Schlosskirche’ (Castle Church). \nCantata 80a is a reconstruction of a (now lost) first version of his famous Reformation blockbuster ‘Ein feste Burg’. The intimately scored Cantata 182\, written for Palm Sunday\, points towards the events of Good Friday and Easter\, depicting the arrival of Christ riding into Jerusalem on a donkey. \n 
URL:https://www.oxfordbachsoloists.com/event/bach-music-for-the-dukes/
LOCATION:New College Chapel\, Holywell Street\, Oxford\, OX1 3BN
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