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Bach by Candlelight is a divine selection of some of Bach’s highly spiritual, passionate and uplifting works. The evening features the monumental Chaconne, with its hidden chorales mourning the death of his first wife, brought to the fore in this new arrangement, as well as chamber works and solo arias in a timeless expression of Bach’s Lutheran faith. The programme is completed by the sacred Cantata 102, a deeply powerful piece calling for the repentance of sinners.
BACH: Flute Sonata in E BWV 1035
Bridget Douglas (flute), Rolf Gjelsten (cello), Douglas Mews (harpsichord)
Performed in 'Bach by Candlelight' at Wellington's Michael Fowler Centre, part of the Aotearoa New Zealand Festival of the… Audio
BACH: Bete, bete from Cantata BWV 115
Emma Pearson (soprano), Bridget Douglas (flute), Rolf Gjeltsen (cello), Joan Perarnau Garriga (double bass), Douglas Mews (organ)
Performed in 'Bach by Candlelight' at Wellington's Michael Fowler… Audio
BACH: Wir eilen from Cantata BWV 78
Emma Pearson (soprano), Rosemary Galton (mezzo), Rolf Gjeltsen (cello), Joan Perarnau Garriga (double bass), Douglas Mews (organ)
Performed in 'Bach by Candlelight' at Wellington's Michael Fowler… Audio
BACH: Ach, bleibe doch, from Cantata BWV11
Rosemary Galton (mezzo), Gillian Ansell (viola), Rolf Gjelsten (cello), Douglas Mews (organ)
Performed in 'Bach by Candlelight' at Wellington's Michael Fowler Centre, part of the Aotearoa New Zealand… Audio
BACH: Chaconne, from Violin Partita No 2 in D
Helene Pohl (violin), Emma Pearson (soprano), Rosemary Galton (mezzo), Shiddharth Chand (tenor), Wade Kernot (bass)
Performed in 'Bach by Candlelight' at Wellington's Michael Fowler Centre, part of… Audio
BACH: Troste mir, Jesu, from Cantata BWV135
Shiddharth Chand (tenor), Robert Orr (oboe), Louise Cox (oboe), Douglas Mews (organ)
Performed in 'Bach by Candlelight' at Wellington's Michael Fowler Centre, part of the Aotearoa New Zealand… Audio
BACH: Es ist Vollbracht, from Cantata BWV159
Wade Kernot (bass), Robert Orr (oboe), Helene Pohl (violin), Monique Lapins (violin), Gillian Ansell (viola), Rolf Gjeltsen (cello), Joan Perarnau Garriga (double bass), Douglas Mews (organ)
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BACH: Cantata Herr, deine Augen BWV102
Emma Pearson (soprano), Rosemary Galton (mezzo), Shiddharth Chand (tenor), Wade Kernot (bass), Bridget Douglas (flute), Robert Orr (oboe), Louise Cox (oboe), Helene Pohl, Monique Lapins, Simeon Broom… Audio
This 2022 Aotearoa New Zealand Festival of the Arts concert Bach by Candlelight is part of a series of ‘out of the ordinary’ chamber music events, created in collaboration with the Adam Chamber Music Festival.
When creating this series, Festival music directors and New Zealand String Quartet members, Helene Pohl and Gillian Ansell were guided by our sense of connection: to history, to land and to the spiritual world.
The concert was recorded in Wellington's Michael Fowler Centre by Radio New Zealand Concert.
Produced David Houston and Engineered by Darryl Stack
Technical Assistance by Sam Smaill
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