JS Bach | Cantata: ‘Schauet doch und sehet, ob irgend ein Schmerz sei’, BWV 46 |
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Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F BWV1049 | |
Magnificat in D, BWV 243 |
The London Bach Singers | |
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Faye Newton | soprano |
Zoë Brookshaw | soprano |
Martha McLorinan | alto |
Nicholas Hurndall Smith | tenor |
Ben Davies | bass |
The Feinstein Ensemble | |
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Martin Feinstein | recorder/director |
James Eastaway | oboe |
Anneka Scott | corno da tirarsi |
David Blackadder | trumpet |
Catherine Manson | violin |
Bach’s sparkling setting of the Magnificat has long been one of his most loved works, with it’s blazing trumpets and timpani. The sublime Cantata 46 Schauet doch und sehet, written as part of Bach’s miraculous first cantata cycle in Leipzig, was the model for his Mass in B minor and is scored with extraordinary richness, using recorders, oboes da caccia and the extraordinary corno da tirarsi, the slide horn, an instrument unique to Bach and only used by him on three occasions.
Completing a programme of Bach’s most exciting instrumentations is his second Brandenburg Concerto, with it’s four soloists and featuring the virtuoso trumpet of David Blackadder.
This performance will last approximately 2 hours, including an interval.