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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20180825T193000
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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:20260405T194252
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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:20260405T194253
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:20260405T194253
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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:20260405T194253
CREATED:20180301T133928Z
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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:20260405T194253
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:20260405T194253
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:20260405T194253
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:20260405T194253
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:20260405T194253
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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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20180121T174500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20180121T174500
DTSTAMP:20260405T194253
CREATED:20180106T114922Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180106T114922Z
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SUMMARY:Lutheran Vespers
DESCRIPTION:A service of Lutheran Vespers featuring Bach’s Cantata 72 ‘Alles nur nach Gottes Willen’ (Everything according to God’s will alone). New College Choir\, conducted by Robert Quinney. \nService. Not ticketed; first come\, first served. For further information Chapel Office 01865 279108.
URL:https://www.oxfordbachsoloists.com/event/lutheran-vespers-21-january-2018/
LOCATION:New College Chapel\, Holywell Street\, Oxford\, OX1 3BN
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20171224T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20171224T170000
DTSTAMP:20260405T194253
CREATED:20170803T141217Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171224T111840Z
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SUMMARY:Bach Christmas Oratorio
DESCRIPTION:JS Bach\nCantata 147: Herz und Mund und That und Leben\nChristmas Oratorio BWV 248 (Parts 4\, 5\, and 6)  \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 (£10 students with Bod card). \nBach’s ebullient response to the Christmas story forms the major work in this concert with parts 4\, 5 and 6. Alongside this is his cantata for the Visitation of Mary to Elizabeth\, featuring the popular ‘Jesu\, joy of man’s desiring’. The perfect way to celebrate your Christmas Eve! \nAll tickets include a free glass of bubbly.
URL:https://www.oxfordbachsoloists.com/event/bach-christmas-oratorio-2017/
LOCATION:New College Chapel\, Holywell Street\, Oxford\, OX1 3BN
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20171216T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20171216T193000
DTSTAMP:20260405T194253
CREATED:20170415T184925Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171016T130048Z
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SUMMARY:Christmas Baroque
DESCRIPTION:Oxford Bach Soloists\nDirector: Tom Hammond Davies \nCorelli Christmas Concerto\nHandel Messiah (excerpts)\nPraetorius Es ist ein Ros entsprungen\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 \n\n\n\n\n\n“Absolutely perfect in every way… spiritual sounds to stir the heart and soul”\nOxford Mail \n\n\n\n\n\nOxford comes to Bath with an evening of festive baroque cheer in the beautiful setting of St Michael’s Without following its recent makeover making it the most comfortable church in the city! \nThe Oxford Bach Soloists play on period instruments and work with the next generation of young vocal soloists\, many of whom are choral scholars from the University’s college chapels. \nBUY TICKETS \n \nThe Oxford Bach Soloists are currently working through the complete cycle of Cantatas and other vocal works of JS Bach in Oxford as well as providing a laboratory for current research\, working together with Professors from the University of Oxford’s Faculties of Music\, Theology\, and Modern Languages. Their 2016 Singing the Reformation tour of Lower Saxony was a celebration of music in the run up to the 500th anniversary of the Reformation. \nFrom Corelli’s exquisite Christmas Concerto to Bach’s glittering Magnificat and to your favourite rousing choruses and arias from Handel’s Messiah\, tickets for this concert are sure to be top of your list to Santa this Christmas! 
URL:https://www.oxfordbachsoloists.com/event/christmas-baroque/
LOCATION:St Michael’s Church\, Broad Street\, Bath\, BA1 5LJ
CATEGORIES:Oxford Bach Soloists
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20171210T151500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20171210T151500
DTSTAMP:20260405T194253
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SUMMARY:Wake up!
DESCRIPTION:Telemann: Trumpet Concerto in D TWV 51:D7 (Soloist: Simon Desbruslais)\n Telemann: Psalm 100 “Jauchzet dem Herrn”\n JS Bach: Cantata “Wachet! betet! betet! wachet!” (Watch! pray! pray! watch!) BWV 70 \nTelemann may have been the first to write solo concerto for the trumpet and in his Trumpet Concerto in D he has created a vibrant Italianate sonata da chiesa probably when he was City Director of Music in Frankfurt 1712-21. Telemann makes extraordinary demands on the soloist requiring exceptional control of breathing and embouchure. \nAround the same time in Weimar\, Bach wrote Wachet! betet! betet! wachet! as part of his monthly cantata output as concertmaster of the co-reigning dukes Wilhelm Ernst and Ernst August of Saxe-Weimar. Seven years later in Leipzig he expanded it further and rededicated it to a different occasion. Both versions include the dramatic trumpet calls to wake up!
URL:https://www.oxfordbachsoloists.com/event/wake-up/
LOCATION:New College Chapel\, Holywell Street\, Oxford\, OX1 3BN
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20171119T151500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20171119T151500
DTSTAMP:20260405T194253
CREATED:20170719T181642Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190418T130814Z
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SUMMARY:Magnificat
DESCRIPTION:Vivaldi: Magnificat RV 610\nJS Bach: Organ Concerto in A minor BWV 593 (after Vivaldi RV 522)\nJS Bach: Cantata: Nach dir\, Herr\, verlanget mich (For Thee\, O Lord\, I long) BWV 150\nMozart: Offertory: Inter natos mulierum (Among those born of women) K 72 \nThough it is thought they never met\, Vivaldi and Bach are tied together through Bach’s transcriptions of some of Vivaldi’s concertos for keyboard. Vivaldi’s glorious Magnificat was written for the girls voices at the Ospedale where he held the office as a priest and as musical director. \nThis concert also features Bach’s very first church cantata was composed in Arnstadt and it is an astonishing piece: Brahms was sufficiently impressed to use the chaconne as the basis for the finale of his fourth symphony. A couple of generations later\, Mozart would write his Offertory for the Salzburg Court for the feast of St John the Baptist in 1771.
URL:https://www.oxfordbachsoloists.com/event/magnificat/
LOCATION:New College Chapel\, Holywell Street\, Oxford\, OX1 3BN
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20171031T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20171031T191500
DTSTAMP:20260405T194253
CREATED:20170720T075527Z
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SUMMARY:Reformation 500: Lutheran Vespers
DESCRIPTION:5pm – 6pm (Macgregor Matthews Room\, New College)\nGuest Speaker: Professor Lyndal Roper\, Regius Professor of History author of Martin Luther: Renegade and Prophet (2016) \n6:15pm – 7:15pm (New College Chapel)\nJS Bach: Cantata 80 Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott (A Mighty Fortress is our God)\nNew College Choir\nConductor: Paul Brough \nIn collaboration with the Faculties of History\, Modern Languages\, and Music at the University of Oxford\, the orchestra of Oxford Bach Soloists and New College Choir present an authentic recreation of Lutheran Vespers\, the context for which JS Bach was writing his cantatas. Vespers is preceded a talk by Professor Lyndal Roper\, Regius Professor of History. \nEin feste Burg ist unser Gott (Our God is a secure fortress) is a chorale cantata composed for Reformation Day (31 October) based on the famous hymn by Martin Luther. It is scored with great strength: four vocal soloists\, a four-part choir and a Baroque chamber ensemble of up to three oboes of different kinds\, strings and continuo. Musicologists agree that the chorale fantasia is an outstanding composition. The eminent Bach scholar Christoph Wolff writes about the opening chorus: “An immense chorale motet of 228 measures\, it is one of Bach’s most elaborate choral compositions and of the most impressive high points in the history of the chorale cantata.” \nPresented with support from the German Embassy and TORCH. \n             \nFREE ADMISSION (ticket required) limited availability; first-come first-served. If you are a Friend of Oxford Bach Soloists please write to friends@oxfordbachsoloists.com to reserve.
URL:https://www.oxfordbachsoloists.com/event/reformation-500-lutheran-vespers/
LOCATION:New College Chapel\, Holywell Street\, Oxford\, OX1 3BN
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20171029T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20171029T190000
DTSTAMP:20260405T194253
CREATED:20170730T230814Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171026T160017Z
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SUMMARY:Reformation 500: Nun danket alle Gott
DESCRIPTION:JS Bach: Cantata 192: Nun danket alle Gott (Now thank we all our God) \nA service of Choral Evensong with a focus on Bach’s Reformation Cantata. Performed by the Choir of Exeter College with the orchestra of the Oxford Bach Soloists\, conducted by Bartosz Thiede\, this event takes place in the magical surrounding of Exeter College Chapel\, designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott and completed in 1860\, and inspired by the Sainte-Chapelle in Paris. \nThe original liturgical function of Bach’s chorale cantata Nun danket alle Gott is unknown but it was likely to have been composed in 1730 in Leipzig in a setting of texts by Martin Rinckart. With its opening chorale fantasia\, duets for soprano and bass soloist and concluding “rollicking gigue” this is a terrific opportunity to hear this wonderful work in a splendid setting. \nPreacher: Lars Müller-Marienburg\, Bishop of Lower Austria \nPresented with support from the German Embassy and TORCH. \n             \nFREE ADMISSION BY TICKET ONLY \nTicket holders may also enjoy the following events: \n\n\n\nTime\nEvent\nLocation\n Tickets\n\n\n2pm – 3.45pm\nJS Bach’s Clavier-Übung III (German Organ Mass)\nOrgan played by Robert Dixon\nChorales sung by Damaris Rickhaus-Nussbaumer\nTicketed separately\nSt Michael at the North Gate\, OX1 3EY\nBook free tickets \n\n\n3pm – 5pm\nExploring the Reformation: Colloquium\nAn afternoon of talks and discussion exploring the Reformation in the 500th Anniversary year. Led by Exeter College’s Rev’d Andrew Allen (Chaplain and Official Fellow)\, Dr John Maddicott (Emeritus Fellow in History)\, and Prof. Dr Henrike Lähnemann (Professor of Medieval and Early Modern German\, University of Oxford)\nCohen Quadrangle\, Walton Street\, OX1 2HD\nFind out more\n\n\n5pm\nRefreshments and Exhibition\nAn exhibition of Exeter College’s Reformation holdings will run throughout the afternoon.\nCohen Quadrangle\, Walton Street\, OX1 2HD\nFind out more\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://www.oxfordbachsoloists.com/event/reformation-500-nun-danket-alle-gott/
LOCATION:Exeter College Chapel\, Turl Street\, Oxford\, OX1 3DP
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20171029T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20171029T140000
DTSTAMP:20260405T194253
CREATED:20170922T181042Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170930T104338Z
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SUMMARY:Reformation 500: German Organ Mass
DESCRIPTION:JS Bach: Clavier-Übung III (German Organ Mass)  \nOrganist: Robert Dixon\nMezzo-soprano: Damaris Rickhaus-Nussbaumer \nIn the historic setting of St Michael at the North Gate\, Oxford’s oldest church\, Robert Dixon offers an unmissable performance of JS Bach’s monumental Clavier-Übung III – the German Organ Mass. Rarely performed in its entirety\, the Clavier-Übung III is Bach’s most significant and ambitious work for the instrument\, as well as a personal and profound statement of faith. \nPublished in 1739 to celebrate the bicentennial of Martin Luther’s sermon at Leipzig’s Thomaskirche\, the third volume of Bach’s Clavier-Übung (‘Keyboard Practice’) is renowned for its technical and musical complexity. Framed by the majestic Prelude and Fugue in E flat major (BWV 552)\, the chorale preludes (BWV 669-689) reflect the Lutheran expression of the Christian faith. Bach adopts well-known chorales from Luther’s hymnbook to produce a work of extraordinary variety – with German\, Italian and French influences – and deep theological symbolism. \nThis is a fascinating opportunity to hear the Clavier-Übung III – undoubtedly one of Bach’s greatest organ works – uniquely contextualised and illuminated by the chorales which proved its inspiration\, performed by mezzo-soprano Damaris Rickhaus-Nussbaumer. \nFREE ADMISSION BY TICKET ONLY \nOur celebration of Reformation 500 continues: \n\n\n\nTime\nEvent\nLocation\n Tickets\n\n\n4.15pm – 5pm\nMusic and the Reformation – A lecture from Professor Henrike Lähnemann\nCohen Quadrangle\, Walton Street\, OX1 2HD\nFind out more\n\n\n6pm – 7pm\nNun danket alle Gott – Choral Evensong with JS Bach’s Cantata Nun danket alle Gott BWV 192 sung by the Choir of Exeter College Chapel\, with the orchestra of Oxford Bach Soloists\, conducted by Bartosz Thiede.\nTicketed separately\nExeter College Chapel\, Turl Street\, OX1 3DP\nBook free tickets\n\n\n\nPresented with support from the German Embassy and TORCH. \n            
URL:https://www.oxfordbachsoloists.com/event/german-organ-mass/
LOCATION:St Michael at the North Gate\, Cornmarket\, Oxford\, OX1 3EY
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20171022T151500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20171022T151500
DTSTAMP:20260405T194253
CREATED:20170719T180231Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170803T144552Z
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SUMMARY:Violin Concerto
DESCRIPTION:JS BACH\n Violin Concerto in E major\, BWV 1042 (Violin: Bojan Čičić)\n Birthday Cantata: Alles mit Gott und nichts ohn’ ihn\, BWV 1127 (Everything with God and nothing without him)\n Gott ist mein König\, BWV 71 (God is my King) \nFeaturing rising star Bojan Čičić as soloist in Bach’s popular Violin Concerto in E\, written during Bach’s time in Weimar\, when he was Konzertmeister at the Ducal Court. It was for Duke Wilhelm Ernst of Saxe-Weimar’s 52nd birthday that Bach wrote ‘Alles mit Gott und nichts ohn’ ihn’ (Everything with God and nothing without him) which was the Duke’s motto\, and serves as the opening of each verse. Each strophe also begins with a 52-note bass prelude\, representing the Duke’s age\, and it is scored for soprano soloist and strings. \nThe concert concludes in rousing fashion with Bach’s 1708 Cantata 71 – composed at the age of 23 for the inauguration of a new town council.
URL:https://www.oxfordbachsoloists.com/event/violin-concerto/
LOCATION:New College Chapel\, Holywell Street\, Oxford\, OX1 3BN
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20170917T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20170917T151500
DTSTAMP:20260405T194253
CREATED:20170716T213141Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190418T130520Z
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SUMMARY:Bach's Virtuosi
DESCRIPTION:Advance booking has now closed. Remaining tickets will be available on the day from the Information desk in the Mathematical Institute.  \nFeaturing some of JS Bach’s most famous works\, this concert will include excerpts from his Passions\, Oratorios\, and Cantatas and some of his well-loved works such as Sleepers\, wake! and Air on a G string. The Oxford Bach Soloists will be accompanied by an authentic string orchestra in this popular concert of Bach’s wonderful music. \nCello Suite No. 1 in G BWV 1007\nPrelude \nMagnificat BWV 243\nEt exultavit spiritus meus\nQuia fecit mihi magna\nEt misericordia\nDeposuit potentes de sede \nOrchestral Suite No 3 BWV 1068\n‘Air on a G string’ (Air) \nCantata: Jesus nahm zu sich die Zwölfe BWV 22\nMein alles in allem\, mein ewiges Gut\nErtöt uns durch dein Gute \nCantata: Mein Herze schimmt im Blut BWV 199\nDoch Gott muß mir genädig sein\nTief gebückt und voller Reue \nCantata: Wachet auf\, ruft uns die Stimme BWV 140\nEr kommt\, er kommt!\nWenn kömmst du\, mein Heil?\nZion hört die Wächter singen \nChristmas Oratorio BWV 248\nSchließe mein Herze \nSt John Passion BWV 245\nMein teurer Heiland \nCantata: Herz und Mund und That und Leben BWV 147\nJesu\, joy of man’s desiring \nSt Matthew Passion BWV 244\nErbarme dich \nCantata: Wer Dank opfert\, der preiset mich BWV 17/7\nWie sich ein Vat’r erbarmet \nMotet: Lobet den Herrn\, alle Heiden BWV 230 \nTickets £15 (Under 16s are welcome to attend the sessions at the Alumni Weekend\, other than where alcohol is served\, free of charge). Booking closes on 10 September at 11.59pm. \nAdvance booking has now closed. Remaining tickets will be available on the day from the Information desk in the Mathematical Institute.  \nBook tickets\nHosted by the Oxford Alumni Weekend “Meeting Minds” 2017. Guests welcome!
URL:https://www.oxfordbachsoloists.com/event/bach-virtuosi/
LOCATION:New College Chapel\, Holywell Street\, Oxford\, OX1 3BN
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20170910T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20170910T170000
DTSTAMP:20260405T194253
CREATED:20170730T230549Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170811T094746Z
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SUMMARY:Reformation 500: Lutheran Vespers
DESCRIPTION:JS Bach: Cantata 129 ‘Gelobet sei der Herr\, mein Gott’ \nIn the atmospheric surroundings of St Michael at the North Gate – Oxford’s oldest building – experience one of JS Bach’s powerful Reformation Cantatas presented as part of Lutheran Vespers. \nThe Lutheran Vespers with JS Bach’s Cantata 129 Gelobet sei der Herr\, mein Gott (Praised be the Lord\, my God) is part of the performance of all four Reformation Day cantatas. Although this chorale cantata was first premièred on Trinity Sunday 8 June 1727 in Leipzig\, it was again performed on Reformation Day. The creed-like structure with the praise of the trinity together with the festive character of the music setting made it the perfect fit for the Reformation Day celebrations. The cantata is festively scored and ends in a chorale fantasia\, like the Christmas Oratorio. \nFREE ADMISSION BY TICKET ONLY \nThis event is kindly supported by the German Embassy and TORCH.
URL:https://www.oxfordbachsoloists.com/event/lutheran-vespers-reformation-500/
LOCATION:St Michael at the North Gate\, Cornmarket\, Oxford\, OX1 3EY
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20170806T151500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20170806T161500
DTSTAMP:20260405T194253
CREATED:20170521T211421Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190418T130414Z
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SUMMARY:Actus Tragicus
DESCRIPTION:Bach’s Cantata ‘Gottes Zeit ist die Allerbeste Zeit’\, also known as ‘Actus Tragicus’ was written when he was twenty-two. It is a work of incredible genius such as even great masters seldom achieve\, and belongs to the great musical literature of the world. \nFeaturing an unusual scoring of two viola da gamba and two recorders\, this is one of Bach’s most profoundly beautiful of all cantatas. This concert showcases these intimate instruments alongside the music of Bach’s contemporary Georg Philipp Telemann whose 250th anniversary we mark this year. \nJS Bach Sonata for Viola da gamba and Harpsichord in D\, BWV 1028\nTelemann Concerto for Viola da gamba and Recorder\, TWV 52:a1\nBuxtehude Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin\, BuxWV 76\nJS Bach Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit\, BWV 106 (Actus Tragicus)
URL:https://www.oxfordbachsoloists.com/event/actus-tragicus/
LOCATION:New College Chapel\, Holywell Street\, Oxford\, OX1 3BN
CATEGORIES:Oxford Bach Soloists
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20170716T151500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20170716T161500
DTSTAMP:20260405T194253
CREATED:20170521T210812Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190418T130326Z
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SUMMARY:Out of the Depths
DESCRIPTION:The powerful text Aus der Tiefe rufe ich\, Herr\, zu dir (Out of the depths have I cried unto thee) was the perfect choice of text for JS Bach to set to music following the colossal fire which swept through the medieval town of Mülhausen just before his appointment as the new organist. \nThis concert explores several fascinating and moving responses to this text through the compositions of one of the fathers of the German Baroque\, Heinrich Schütz\, as well as French and English contemporaries Marc-Antoine Charpentier and Henry Purcell.  \nSchütz Aus der Tiefe rufe ich\, Herr\, zu dir\, SWV 25\nPurcell Remember not\, Lord\, our offences\, Z 50\nCharpentier De profundis\, H. 189\nCPE Bach Aus der Tiefe rufe ich\, Herr\, zu dir (formerly attributed to JS Bach BWV 745)\nJS Bach Aus der Tiefe rufe ich\, Herr\, zu dir\, BWV 131
URL:https://www.oxfordbachsoloists.com/event/out-of-the-depths/
LOCATION:New College Chapel\, Holywell Street\, Oxford\, OX1 3BN
CATEGORIES:Oxford Bach Soloists
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20170604T151500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20170604T161500
DTSTAMP:20260405T194253
CREATED:20170511T152724Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190418T130233Z
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SUMMARY:Royal Wedding
DESCRIPTION:An exploration of ‘heavenly’ Royal Weddings sets the theme for this concert dominated by Handel’s magnificent DIXIT DOMINUS. \nD Buxtehude: Alles\, was ihr tut mit Worten oder mit Werken BuxWV 4\n(Whatsoever ye do in word or deed) \nJS Bach: Der Herr denket an uns BWV 196\n(The Lord is mindful of us) \nGF Händel: Dixit Dominus HWV 232\n(The Lord Said) \n1707 was a turning point for Great Britain with the Acts of Union joining the Kingdoms of England and Scotland. Meanwhile\, a more musical transition was taking place in Germany with the three protagonists of this concert: \nDietrich Buxtehude had died\, and Bach and Handel embarked on new adventures in their careers. Both just 22\, Bach had just accepted the post as organist at St Blasius in Mühlhausen\, and Handel had moved from Hamburg to Rome at the invitation of the de’ Medici family. \nBuxtehude’s Cantata Alles\, was ihr tut sets a passage from Colossians often used at weddings: “As God’s chosen ones…’ \nBach greatly admired Buxtehude\, and his influence is keenly felt in Der Herr denket an uns which Bach is thought to have written for a wedding. \nIn the same year\, Handel premièred his rousing Dixit Dominus in the church of Santa Maria in Montesanto in the Piazza del Popolo in Rome. A setting of one of the psalms used at Vespers\, it refers to a monarch ruling over their enemies. \n 
URL:https://www.oxfordbachsoloists.com/event/royal-wedding/
LOCATION:New College Chapel\, Holywell Street\, Oxford\, OX1 3BN
CATEGORIES:Oxford Bach Soloists
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20170527T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20170527T163000
DTSTAMP:20260405T194253
CREATED:20170510T184408Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190418T130138Z
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SUMMARY:Reformation 500: Sun and Shield
DESCRIPTION:FREE – Ticket Required \nDiscover more about JS Bach’s spectacular Cantata 79 ‘Gott der Herr ist Sonn und Schild’ (God the Lord is sun and shield) in this first event in the series celebrating the 500th anniversary of the Reformation. \nAs part of the Taylorian and Faculty of Modern Languages’ series of events marking the 500th anniversary of the Reformation\, Oxford Bach Soloists will perform four Reformation cantatas in various locations around the city this year starting with JS Bach’s Cantata 79 ‘Gott der Herr ist Sonn und Schild’ \nIn this first event of the series\, the introduction will include an opportunity for everyone to learn the chorale and explore some of its musical & theological background. \nAfter the interval there will be two performances of the cantata with an invitation for everyone to join in with the hymn ‘Nun danket alle Gott’. During the short interlude between the two performances there will be a reflection on the cantata shedding more light on its musical and theological context. \nJS Bach\nCantata 79 ‘Gott der Herr ist Sonn und Schild’\n(God the Lord is sun and shield) \n 
URL:https://www.oxfordbachsoloists.com/event/reformation-500-sun-and-shield/
LOCATION:St Columba’s URC Church\, Alfred Street\, Oxford\, OX1 4EH\, Alfred Street\, Oxford\, OX1 4EH
CATEGORIES:Oxford Bach Soloists
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20170507T174500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20170507T174500
DTSTAMP:20260405T194253
CREATED:20170324T003058Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190418T130057Z
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SUMMARY:Lutheran Vespers
DESCRIPTION:JS Bach Cantata 12 Weinen\, Klagen\, Sorgen\, Zagen\n(Weeping\, lamenting\, grieving\, trembling) \nConductor Robert Quinney\nPreacher Revd Angela Tilby\, Diocesan Canon\, Christ Church Oxford \nThe Orchestra of Oxford Bach Soloists and New College Choir present an authentic recreation of Lutheran Vespers\, the context for which JS Bach was writing his cantatas. \nDoors open at 5.30pm. No ticket required. \nIn collaboration with the Faculty of Music at the University of Oxford.
URL:https://www.oxfordbachsoloists.com/event/lutheran-vespers/
LOCATION:New College Chapel\, Holywell Street\, Oxford\, OX1 3BN
CATEGORIES:Oxford Bach Soloists
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20170429T163000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20170429T173000
DTSTAMP:20260405T194253
CREATED:20170309T073016Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190418T130002Z
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SUMMARY:Edward Thomas: A Centenary Celebration in Words and Music
DESCRIPTION:The Oxford Bach Soloists and a solo cellist perform an entirely new and haunting work\, created by the composer Colin Riley with text by landscape writer Robert McFarlane\, which brings together fragments of Thomas’ collected poetry including lines found in his uniform pocket when he died 100 years ago in April 1917 on the Western Front – ‘Roads Shining Like River Up Hill After Rain’. The event includes readings from the work of this great poet described by Ted Hughes as ‘the father of us all’.  \nTickets £12 \n[av_button label=’BOOK TICKETS’ link=’manually\,http://purchase.tickets.com/buy/TicketPurchase?pid=8396479&agency=TDC_UK&campid=TDC_NEW_WWW_2013′ link_target=’_blank’ size=’large’ position=’left’ icon_select=’no’ icon=’ue800′ font=’entypo-fontello’ color=’theme-color’ custom_bg=’#444444′ custom_font=’#ffffff’ admin_preview_bg=”]
URL:https://www.oxfordbachsoloists.com/event/edward-thomas-a-centenary-celebration-in-words-and-music/
LOCATION:Stratford Artshouse\, 14 Rother Street\, Stratford-upon-Avon\, CV37 6LU
CATEGORIES:Oxford Bach Soloists
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20170415T151500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20170415T151500
DTSTAMP:20260405T194253
CREATED:20170120T071002Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190418T125916Z
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SUMMARY:Easter Oratorio
DESCRIPTION:Bach’s colossal 1725 Easter Oratorio with its festive scoring for orchestra\, chorus and its four characters Simon Peter\, John the Apostle\, Mary Magdalene\, and Mary Jacobe telling the Easter story. \nBach’s Easter Cantata which precedes it has been described as Bach’s first-known attempt at painting a narrative in music as it explores the battle between Life and Death.  \nA highlight is the world premiere of Colin Riley’s setting of fragments of poetry by Edward Thomas exactly 100 years since his tragic death in the WW1 trenches. At the start of a UK tour the piece is a quiet celebration of his wonderful words\, his troubled life\, and particular ‘Englishness’. \nJoint tickets available with Passion on 14 April. Add full price tickets to both events to your basket and use the coupon code “EASTER” to get them for £40 (save £10). \nColin Riley\nRoads Shining Like River Uphill After Rain\n(world premiere) \nJS Bach\nCantata: Christ lag in Todesbanden BWV 4\n(Christ lay in death’s bonds) \nOster-Oratorium BWV 249\n(Easter Oratorio)
URL:https://www.oxfordbachsoloists.com/event/easter-oratorio/
LOCATION:New College Chapel\, Holywell Street\, Oxford\, OX1 3BN
CATEGORIES:Oxford Bach Soloists
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20170414T133000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20170414T133000
DTSTAMP:20260405T194253
CREATED:20170120T070240Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190418T125831Z
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SUMMARY:Passion
DESCRIPTION:One of Bach’s best loved works\, the St John Passion was first performed on Good Friday of 1724 in the St Nicholas Church\, Leipzig. This extravagant 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 two servants. \nJoint tickets available with Easter Oratorio on 15 April. Add full price tickets to both events to your basket and use the coupon code “EASTER” to get them for £40 (save £10). \nJS Bach\nJohannes-Passion BWV 245\n(St John Passion)\n \nTenor/Evangelist: Stefan Kennedy\nChrist: Humphrey Thompson\n Pilate: Brian McAlea\n Sopranos: Betty Makharinsky and Aileen Thomson\n Alto: Alex Chance
URL:https://www.oxfordbachsoloists.com/event/passion/
LOCATION:New College Chapel\, Holywell Street\, Oxford\, OX1 3BN
CATEGORIES:Oxford Bach Soloists
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20170319T151500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20170319T161500
DTSTAMP:20260405T194253
CREATED:20170120T065956Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190418T125740Z
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SUMMARY:The Wages of Sin
DESCRIPTION:JS Bach \nOne of Bach’s rarer latin settings and a cry for Mercy sets the scene for the dissonant opening to Bach’s Cantata calling us to ‘Resist Sin’. Dating from Bach’s days as court composer at the Schlosskirche (court chapel) of Weimar this is one of the composer’s more unusual works for solo alto. \nThe first of the three motets which follow also comes from Bach’s time at Weimar and tells the story of Jacob’s wrestling with the Angel. The second and third motets bring praise and light to the concert with the third being noted for its delicate and lightly-scored instrumental accompaniment. \nKyrie in F major BWV 233a\nCantata: Widerstehe doch der Sünde BWV 54\n(Just resist sin)\nAlto: William Purefoy\nMotet: Ich lasse dich nicht BWV Anh. 159\n(I will not let you go)\nMotet: Komm\, Jesu\, komm BWV 229\n(Come\, Jesus\, come)\nMotet: Lobet den Herrn\, alle Heiden BWV 230\n(Praise the Lord\, all ye nations)
URL:https://www.oxfordbachsoloists.com/event/the-wages-of-sin/
LOCATION:New College Chapel\, Holywell Street\, Oxford\, OX1 3BN
CATEGORIES:Oxford Bach Soloists
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