M48 Magdalena Consort

Julia Doyle Soprano
Robin Blaze Countertenor
James Gilchrist Tenor
Peter Harvey Director, Baritone

An all J.S.Bach programme, to include:

Cantata BWV78, ‘Jesu, der du meine Seele’ 21’
Motet BWV230, ‘Lobet den Herrn’ 8’
Brandenburg Concerto No 3, BWV1048 12’
Cantata BWV147, ‘Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben’ 40’

After their stunning performance of Monteverdi’s Vespers in last year’s Festival, the Magdalena Consort return to Tewkesbury Abbey for a programme that pays tribute to one of the greatest mathematically-minded composers, J.S. Bach.

With its obvious religious symbolism, Bach was particularly interested in the number three, and there are various manifestations of this numerical preoccupation in this programme: the third Brandenburg Concerto has nine parts (three violins, three violas, three cellos); Cantata BWV78’s first movement has 27 statements of the passacaglia theme…and so on. Cantata BWV147 is best known for its triplet-infused chorale, known in English as ‘Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring’.

‘…some of my favourite works by Bach, and Peter Harvey is one of my favourite Bach singers’ - Boris Giltburg

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