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Newcastle Bach Choir Easter Concert
King Hall, Armstrong Building, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear NE1 7RU
Saturday 22 March
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Newcastle Bach Choir Easter Concert
J S Bach: Magnificat in D major, BWV 243
Easter Oratorio, BWV 249
Cantatas 42 & 50
Newcastle Bach Choir
Charlotte La Thrope (soprano)
David Allsopp (alto)
Hugo Hymas (tenor)
Ben Kazez (baritone)
Laura Oldfield (mezzo-soprano)
Eric Cross (conductor)
Newcastle Baroque
One of Bach’s earliest duties after his appointment at Leipzig was to provide a grand setting of the Magnificat for Christmas Day 1723. This has become one of his most popular works: a dramatic mix of jubilant choruses with celebratory trumpets and drums and gentler numbers exploiting the flutes and oboes alongside the vocal soloists to reflect the changing moods of the Magnificat text. The next few years were hugely productive for Bach as he wrote several cycles of cantatas. The Easter Oratorio was first performed on Easter Sunday 1725, almost exactly 300 years ago.
Am Abend aber desselbingen Sabbats, BWV 42 was first performed a week after the Easter Oratorio and tells the story of Jesus’ appearance to the disciples after his resurrection. It displays Bach’s masterly writing for woodwind, in both the opening sinfonia and the moving alto aria, while the final bass aria shows Bach at his most exuberant. Cantata 50 is a single 8-part chorus
We welcome back four soloists who thrilled the audience at our St John Passion last March: Charlotte La Thrope (soprano), David Allsopp (alto), Hugo Hymas (tenor) and Ben Kazez (bass). They will be joined in the Magnificat by Laura Oldfield, a recent Newcastle University music graduate, to sing the second soprano solos, and by the superb period instrumentalists of Newcastle Baroque
Easter Oratorio, BWV 249
Cantatas 42 & 50
Newcastle Bach Choir
Charlotte La Thrope (soprano)
David Allsopp (alto)
Hugo Hymas (tenor)
Ben Kazez (baritone)
Laura Oldfield (mezzo-soprano)
Eric Cross (conductor)
Newcastle Baroque
One of Bach’s earliest duties after his appointment at Leipzig was to provide a grand setting of the Magnificat for Christmas Day 1723. This has become one of his most popular works: a dramatic mix of jubilant choruses with celebratory trumpets and drums and gentler numbers exploiting the flutes and oboes alongside the vocal soloists to reflect the changing moods of the Magnificat text. The next few years were hugely productive for Bach as he wrote several cycles of cantatas. The Easter Oratorio was first performed on Easter Sunday 1725, almost exactly 300 years ago.
Am Abend aber desselbingen Sabbats, BWV 42 was first performed a week after the Easter Oratorio and tells the story of Jesus’ appearance to the disciples after his resurrection. It displays Bach’s masterly writing for woodwind, in both the opening sinfonia and the moving alto aria, while the final bass aria shows Bach at his most exuberant. Cantata 50 is a single 8-part chorus
We welcome back four soloists who thrilled the audience at our St John Passion last March: Charlotte La Thrope (soprano), David Allsopp (alto), Hugo Hymas (tenor) and Ben Kazez (bass). They will be joined in the Magnificat by Laura Oldfield, a recent Newcastle University music graduate, to sing the second soprano solos, and by the superb period instrumentalists of Newcastle Baroque