FULL BACH LA GRANDE AUDITION Ambronay 2024 Paul Agnew, Les Arts Florissants
Information on the Performance
- Work Title: BACH LA GRANDE AUDITION
- Composer: various
- Libretto: various
- Venue & Opera Company: Abbatiale, Ambronay, France
- Recorded: September 27, 2024
- Type: Concert Live
- Singers: Miriam Allan, Maarten Engeltjes, Thomas Hobbs, Edward Grint
- Conductor: Paul Agnew
- Orchestra: Les Arts Florissants
- Stage Director:
- Costume Designer:
Information about the Recording
- Published by: France TV
- Date Published: 2024
- Format: Streaming
- Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
- Subtitles: nosubs
- Video Recording from: france.tv FULL VIDEO
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
Cantatas “Wer sich rächet” TWV 1:1600 by Georg Philipp Telemann; “Lobe den Herrn meine Seele” by Johann Kuhnau; “Du wahrer Gott und Davids Sohn” BWV 23 and “Jesus nahm zu sich die Zwölfe” BWV 22 by Johann Sebastian Bach; “Aus der Tiefen rufen wir” by Christoph Graupner
Let us imagine, for the duration of a concert, the audition that Bach could have passed in 1723 in order to access the prestigious position of Kantor of the Saint-Thomas church in Leipzig. This was not the case in fact, but who could think today that he was not the first choice for this position and that only the successive withdrawals of his competitors would earn him an appointment? Paul Agnew and his Arts Florissants continue their exploration of the cantatas of the German master in Ambronay and this year summon the figures of some of his most illustrious contemporaries such as Telemann and Graupner.
GEORG PHILIPP TELEMANN (1681-1767)
Wer sich rächet, TWV 1:1600
JOHANN KUHNAU (1660-1722)
Lobe den Herrn meine Seele
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685-1750)
Du wahrer Gott und Davids Sohn, BWV 23
CHRISTOPH GRAUPNER (1683-1760)
Aus der Tiefen rufen wir, GWV 1113/23a
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Jesus nahm zu sich die Zwölfe, BWV 22