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2021-08-23 11:34:10
The opera that Bach never wrote!
Jan van Leyden The conventional image of JS Bach is of a devout, serious man with no interest in contemporary opera, yet if you look at his music there is a different picture with many arias having operatic elements, and now recent research is showing that he was an attender at the opera in Hamburg when opportunity allowed. Now, the Dutch touring opera company OPERA2DAY is creating a work which tries to imagine Bach the opera composer. The company's new production, J.S. Bach – The Apocalypse is the opera that Bach never wrote! A co-production with the Netherlands Bach Society, whose centenary the production celebrates, J.S. Bach – The Apocalypse will tour from January through March 2022. The opera evokes the sixteenth-century story of the 16th century Anabaptist leader, Jan van Leyden, who claimed that the end of time was near. He convinced his followers that they could be amongst the chosen ones […]
2021-01-20 07:00:57
Bach’s Prelude and Fugue in B Major, BWV 868, Diego Ares
In a recent video clip for the Netherlands Bach Society, the Spanish-born harpsichordist Diego Ares discusses his lifelong relationship with the music of J.S. Bach: He is a wonderful life’s companion. You couldn’t wish for a better one. He is there when you are happy and also when you’re sad. He can comfort you when you are sad and he can lift your spirit. He is a great source of peace. A sense ...
2020-07-27 02:00:04
Bach – Sonata No. 3 in D minor BWV 527 – Havinga Netherlands Bach Society – Jul 16
2020-07-08 04:45:03
Bach’s Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B Minor, The Netherlands Bach Society
Coffee and culture mixed in Leipzig in the late 1730s. Café Zimmermann provided a venue for the first performances of many of J.S. Bach’s secular cantatas and instrumental works. Between 1729 and 1739, Bach was the director of Collegium Musicum, a society founded by Georg Philipp Telemann which presented concerts at the coffeehouse. The cafe’s owner, Gottfried Zimmermann, offered the concerts to the public free of charge, making up his expenses in ...
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