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Freiburger Barockorchester / RIAS Kammerchor / Rademann
»J. S. Bach: Weihnachtsoratorium«
Thursday
22
December
2016
19:30
Großer Saal
Performers
Freiburger Barockorchester
RIAS Kammerchor, Chor
Anna Lucia Richter, Sopran
Stefanie Irányi, Mezzosopran
Maximilian Schmitt, Tenor
Roderick Williams, Bass
Hans-Christoph Rademann, Dirigent
Programme
Johann Sebastian Bach
Weihnachtsoratorium BWV 248 (Teile 1-3 und 6) (1734-1735)
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Zugabe:
Johann Sebastian Bach
Schlusschoral aus dem 1. Teil: Ach mein herzliebes Jesulein. 2. Strophe: Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich her (Weihnachtsoratorium BWV 248) (1734-1735)
Note
Stefanie Irányi eingesprungen für Anke Vondung;
Subscription series
Bach-Kantaten
Links
http://www.barockorchester.de
http://www.rias-kammerchor.de
Presented by
Wiener Konzerthausgesellschaft
»Jauchzet, frohlocket ...«
In the hands of the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, the RIAS Chamber Choir and conductor Hans-Christoph Rademann, the performance of this musical masterpiece promises to be an historically informed interpretation of the highest calibre. And the line-up could hardly be bettered: the young soprano Anna Lucia Richter, who was recently awarded the prestigious Borlotti Buitoni Trust Prize; contralto Anke Vondung, who is closely associated with the Semperoper in Dresden; tenor Maximilian Schmitt, who impressed greatly as the Evangelist in the St. Matthew Passion in the Wiener Konzerthaus in 2013 under Philippe Herreweghe and who will also be among the soloists of the end-of-year performances of Beethoven’s Ninth this year; and British bass-baritone Roderick Williams, who became known to a wider audience following the »Last Night of the Proms« in 2014. Rademann strives to recreate a central German baroque sound that he got to know intimately growing up as the son of a cantor in the Erz mountains. Together with the Chamber Choir, described by the magazine Gramophone as one of the best choirs in the world, and the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, known for the vividness and discernment of its playing, Rademann will embark on the search for Bach’s musical secret shortly before Christmas in the Wiener Konzerthaus.