Les Chemins de Bach: Program “1685”
(Solo and ensemble)
J.S. Bach: BWV 12 Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen
G. F. Händel: Dixit Dominus
D. Scarlatti: Stabat Mater
Conductor and musical director: Raphaël Pichon.
Filmed and documented by Mezzo
In search of Bach – 1685, the birth of three geniuses
“Three major composers in the history of European music were born in 1685: Johann Sebastian Bach, Georg Friedrich Handel and Domenico Scarlatti. Born in the same year, they followed different paths and each contributed to shaping the musical landscape of a Europe still in its infancy.
This programme juxtaposes the Italian flamboyance of Handel’s Dixit Dominus, the Lutheran intimacy of Bach and the Mediterranean expressiveness of Scarlatti’s ten-voice Stabat Mater, offering a contrasting glimpse of the great richness of Baroque writing at the turn of the 18th century.”
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