Over 250 years of music history distilled into a timeless, universal programme: from wistful prayers to jubilant hymns, from early Baroque to late Romanticism – from Schütz to Brahms.
The expressive music of Heinrich Schütz, one of the foremost German composers of the 17th century and a forerunner of Johann Sebastian Bach, weaves like a red thread through the concert. He opens this musical journey with intimate sounds – gentle, tender – music that breathes faith and hope, carried by voices in their purest form.
“Schütz, renowned for his expressive setting of texts and profoundly moving sacred music, served as a bridge between Monteverdi’s Italian style and the German Lutheran tradition — with an influence that extends all the way into the Romantic era.” - Bart Van Reyn
‘Fear not’ comes the comforting message in Johann Christoph Bach’s Fürchte dich nicht, embracing the listener with strength and emotion – just like the timeless Komm, Jesu, komm by the great Johann Sebastian Bach: music like a warm, soothing bath. But the world moves on, times change, and Felix Mendelssohn asks, Warum toben die Heiden? Johannes Brahms brings the journey to a close – with a forward-looking vision and a voice full of power and reflection. A journey across centuries, revealing music that does not fade, but endures.
programme
Heinrich Schütz
Quid commisisti, SWV 56
Stehe auf, meine Freundin, SWV 498
Mit dem Amphion zwar, SWV 501
O lieber Herre Gott, SWV 381
Johann Christoph Bach
Fürchte dich nicht, JCB9
Johann Sebastian Bach
Komm Jesu, komm, BWV 229
Felix Mendelssohn
Warum toben die Heiden, Op. 78
Johannes Brahms
Fest- und Gedenksprüche, Op. 109
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