The English Concert - Corelli, Bach
The English Concert performs at Christ Church Spitalfields. Corelli: Christmas Concerto. Bach: Cantata: Schwingt freudig euch empor, BWV36; Magnificat in D, BWV243.
Live from Christ Church Spitalfields
Presented by Petroc Trelawny
As part of Spitalfields Music Winter Festival 2012, The English Concert plays Christmas music by Corelli and J.S. Bach.
Corelli: Christmas Concerto
Bach: Cantata 'Schwingt freudig euch empor' (Soar Joyfully Upwards) (BWV 36)
7.50: Interval
Bach: Magnificat in D major (BWV 243)
The Choir of The English Concert
The English Concert
Laurence Cummings director/organ
East London's 12-day winter festival nears its close with one of Europe's leading period instrument ensembles in three pieces for Christmas. Corelli's Concerto Grosso in G minor, Op. 6, No. 8 is best known by its subtiltle "Fatto per la notte di Natale" (Made for the night of Christmas) - he composed it for his Roman patron Cardinal Ottoboni around 1690. Bach's Cantata no.36 is a good example of the composer's recycling techniques - it started life as a secular cantata, before reappearing as a church cantata for the first Sunday of Advent - he later readapted it for another secular occasion. Bach's Magnificat stands as one of his monumental works: he wrote it for Christmas Vespers in Leipzig in 1723, a joyous setting of Mary's song of praise on hearing that she is to give birth to the Christ.
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Music Played
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Spitalfields Winter Festival part 1
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Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto grosso in G minor Op.6`8 (Christmas night)
Conductor: Laurence CUMMINGS Performer: The ENGLISH CONCERT
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Cantata no. 36 BWV.36 (Schwingt freudig euch empor)
Conductor: Laurence CUMMINGS Performer: The ENGLISH CONCERT
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Interval
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Johann Sebastian Bach
O Lamm Gottes unschuldig, arr. Kurtag for piano [orig. for organ]
Performer: Duo Stephanie and Saar
- New Focus Recordings.
- FCR124.
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George Frideric Handel
Suite no. 6 in F sharp minor HWV.431 for keyboard - 1720
Performer: Laurence CUMMINGS - Harpsichord
- Somm.
- SOMMCD0952.
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Spitalfields Winter Festival part 2
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Magnificat in D major BWV.243
Conductor: Laurence CUMMINGS Performer: The ENGLISH CONCERT
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Closing chorale: Ach, mein herzliebes Jesulein! from Weihnachts-Oratorium BWV.248 part 1
Conductor: Laurence CUMMINGS Performer: The ENGLISH CONCERT
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Post-concert
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Franz Schubert
Sonata in C minor D.958 for piano
Performer: Paul LEWIS - Piano
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