Repertoire

Johann Sebastian Bach:
Allein zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 33
Liebster Jesu, mein Verlange, BWV 32 (n1) 
Er nahm alles wohl in acht, BWV 245 (n30) 
Meine Seele wartet auf den Herrn, BWV 131 (n4) 
Verleih uns Frieden gnädiglich, BWV 126.6

Felix Mendelssohn:
Wer nur den lieben Gott läßt walten (n4) 
Zum Abendsegen
Meine Seele dürstet nace
Richte mich, Gott, op.78 n2 Salm 43
Verleih uns Frieden gnädiglich

Johann Sebastian Bach:
Wer nur den lieben Gott läßt walten, BWV 93 (n1)
Ich habe genug, BWV 82 (n1)
In meines Herzens grunde, BWV 245 (n26)
Ein ungefärbt Gemüte, BWV 24 (n1)
O Jesu Christ, meins Lebens Licht, BWV 118
Ein ungefärbt Gemüte, BWV 24 (n6)

ARTISTS

Elionor Martínez, soprano
Lara Morger, contralto
Ferran Mitjans, tenor
Oriol Mallart, bass
Cor Bachcelona Akademie
Bachcelona Consort
Daniel Tarrida, organ
Lluís Vilamajó, conductor

Programme

“Every room in which Bach is sung is transformed into a church.”

Mendelssohn expressed himself in these words in a letter to his father in 1835. Sharing this deep feeling of admiration, we are proposing a concert that highlights Mendelssohn’s devotion to the figure of Bach, with a dialogue between the two musicians that is full of surprising coincidences and complicities. We will thus have occasion to enjoy the most polyphonic Mendelssohn, the young man of immense talent who was then discovering the works of the Kantor of Leipzig.

We will also be presenting some pieces composed in the spring of 1829, which was precisely when Mendelssohn was to interpret anew the Matthäus-Passion, a work that had remained forgotten for nearly a century. Indeed, that proved to be a historic event with an enormous impact, marking the turning point in the definitive recognition of J.S. Bach’s work.

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