Welt, gute Nacht
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Fri 6 Feb 202620:15 - 21:45Grote Zaal
Program
Johann Christoph Bach Es ist nun aus mit meinem Leben / Ach, dass ich Wassers gnug hätte / Fürchte dich nicht / Herr, wende dich und sei mir gnädig
Dietrich Buxtehude Jesu mein Lebens Leben
Johann Sebastian Bach Mein Jesu, was für Seelenweh BWV 487 / Komm, o Tod du schlafes Bruder BWV 56 / Nach dir Herr verlanget mich BWV 150
Johann Michael Bach Sinfonia Auf, lasst uns den Herren loben / Unser Leben ist siebenzig Jahre
Philipp Erlebach Himmel, du weisst meine Plagen
Johann Bach Sei nun wieder zufrieden
Nicolaus Bruhns De profundis clamavi
Credits
Pygmalion
Raphaël Pichon direction
Pygmalion and conductor Raphaël Pichon are globally renowned for exceptional concerts that transcend the performance of beautiful music. Something extraordinary is also set to unfold when they return to the Muziekgebouw. Welt, gute Nacht is a story that, driven by wartime suffering, leads to the earliest cantatas of Johann Sebastian Bach. Work by other members of the Bach family are also performed. A sweeping musical journey, with the history of the world as its canvas.
The pain of war, death, destruction, and the search for solace are of all times. Pygmalion explores intimate, soothing songs from the era of the Thirty Years’ War, which ravaged Europe in the early 17th century – a conflict some call the ‘first world war’. Johann Sebastian Bach was profoundly influenced by the music of that time. War and peace in a musical nutshell.
