Who's next? The choice of the cantor of Saint-Thomas in 1723 – Humility & Models XXI
Chamber Music
Thursday, 31 August 2023
7.30 pm, Lauenen Church
Nowadays considered a true demigod, it is hard to believe that Johann Sebastian Bach was the second choice when a new cantor was recruited for St Thomas's in 1723 following the death of Johann Kuhnau. And yet! The sources attest that the town councillors of the Saxon city would have preferred Georg Philipp Telemann or Johann Christoph Graupner, both of whom were retained at the very last moment by their respective princes thanks to a significant increase in their salaries. This programme, devised by recorder player Dorothee Oberlinger, invites us to revisit this famous competition musically, also including the work of Johann Friedrich Fasch, who was defeated in the final round by the great Johann Sebastian.
Anna Lucia Richter, Mezzo-Soprano
Dorothee Oberlinger, Recorder & Direction
Jonas Zschenderlein, Baroque Violin
Vladimir waltham, Baroque Cello
Axel Wolf, Lute
Max Volbers, Organ & Cembalo
| Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767) | |
| Trio Sonata for Recorder, Violin and Basso continuo in A Minor, TWV 42:a4, from “Essercizii Musici” | |
| “Die Einsamkeit”, song from “Singe-, Spiel- und General-Bass-Übungen” | |
| Johann Friedrich Fasch (1688-1758) | |
| Sonata for Flute, Violin, Cello and Basso Continuo in D Major, FaWV N:D1 | |
| Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767) | |
| “Ihr Völker, hört”, cantata for alto, recorder and basso continuo, TWV 1:921 from “Harmonisches Gottestdienst” | |
| “Ergeuss dich zur Salbung der schmachtenden Seele”, aria for alto, violin and basso continuo, TWV 1:448, from “Harmonisches Gottesdienst” | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) | |
| Allemande from “Solo pour la flûte traversière” | |
| “Leget Euch dem Heiland unter”, aria from the Cantata “Himmelskönig, sei willkommen”, BWV 182 | |
| Christoph Graupner (1683-1760) | |
| Overture from the Partita for Harpsichord in C Minor, GWV 131 | |
| Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767) | |
| Quartet for Recorder, Violin, Cello obligato and Basso continuo, TWV 43:a3 | |
| “Kein Mädchen kann auf Erden”, aria for Amyntas from the “Pastorelle en musique” | |
| 90' | |
| CHF 80/60/40 |
