BACH CANTATAS IN BLYTHBURGH

COMPANY Britten Pears Arts
CONDUCTOR Ben Parry
ALTO Alexandra Meier
TENOR Tom Herford
BASS Francis Brett
CHOIR Britten Pears Chamber Choir
ENSEMBLE The Suffolk Ensemble

An enlivening programme of magnificent choral and orchestral music for Eastertide.

This concert features music by ‘one of the greatest composers of all time’, Johann Sebastian Bach. Performed by the Britten Pears Chamber Choir, outstanding soloists who are alumni of the Britten Pears Young Artist Programme, and the Suffolk Ensemble, it follows the memorable sold-out Messiah in Snape Maltings Concert Hall by artists with Suffolk connections.

The two uplifting cantatas, written by Bach for particular Sundays of the church’s year, are miniature epics, each telling a part of the Easter story through a combination of arias, choruses, and recitative. They are complemented by two 8-part motets and a rousing orchestral overture. Staged in the spectacular surroundings of Blythburgh Church in the week after Easter, this will be an evening not to be missed.

J.S. BACH: Ouverture, from Orchestral Suite No.1 in C, BWV 1066 (6’)

J.S. BACH: Erfreut euch, ihr Herzen, BWV 66 (32’)

J.S. BACH: Komm, Jesu, komm, BWV 229 (8’)

J.S. BACH: Bleib bei uns, denn es will Abend werden, BWV 6 (20’)

J.S. BACH: Der Geist hilft unser Schwachheit auf, BWV 226 (8’)