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London Bach Society's Bachfest 2025

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Part of the LBS Bachfest 2025

Add to my Calendar 07-11-2025 19:00 07-11-2025 21:00 36 London Bach Society's Bachfest 2025 We return to the historic setting of St. Bartholomew-the-Great for the first of two concerts that include cantatas composed in as part of Bach's second and third Leipzig cycles 1725.  These are glittering and very moving cycles framing one of the composers much-loved violin concertos. BWV 42 is the only one in the seond cycle of cantatas to begin with an extended Sinfonia. Magic!  St Bartholomew the Great, London DD/MM/YYYY

Details

St Bartholomew the Great
West Smithfield
City of London
London
EC1A 9DS
England

Programme

Johann Sebastian Bach – Tue Rechnung! Donnerwort (cantata), BWV 168
Johann Sebastian Bach – Am Abend aber desselbigen Sabbatas (cantata), BWV 42
Johann Sebastian Bach – Violin Concerto in E major, BWV 1042

Performers

Rodolfo Richter – director / baroque violin

Steinitz Bach Players
Bach Consort
London Bach Society

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Programme Note

We return to the historic setting of St. Bartholomew-the-Great for the first of two concerts that include cantatas composed in as part of Bach's second and third Leipzig cycles 1725.  These are glittering and very moving cycles framing one of the composers much-loved violin concertos. BWV 42 is the only one in the seond cycle of cantatas to begin with an extended Sinfonia. Magic! 

Rodolfo Richter director & solo violin

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