Cantiones Sacrae
from wistful prayers to jubilant hymns, from early Baroque to late Romanticism – from Schütz to Brahms
From Schütz to Brahms: over 250 years of music history distilled into a timeless, universal programme.
‘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.
Concert
programme
Heinrich Schütz
Stehe auf, meine Freundin, SWV 498
Cantiones Sacrae: Quid commisisti, SWV 56
O lieber Herre Gott, SWV 381
Mit dem Amphion zwar, SWV 501 (tenor solo: Michiel Haspeslagh)
Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber
Rosenkranz-Sonate Nr. 1 “Verkündigung” in d-Moll, C. 90
Johann Christoph Bach
Fürchte dich nicht, JCB9
Johann Sebastian Bach
Komm Jesu, komm, BWV 229
Sonate für Violine und Cembalo, BWV 1017: Siciliano (viool solo: Mira Glodeanu)
Felix Mendelssohn
Warum toben die Heiden, Op. 78
Johannes Brahms
Fest- und Gedenksprüche, Op. 109
with the support of Beside Tax Shelter and the Belgian Tax Shelter
artists
Vlaams Radiokoor
Bart Van Reyn conductor