SHOSTAKOVICH Elegy and Polka
JS BACH Missa Brevis in G minor, BWV235
PÄRT Summa
SCHOENBERG Litany from String Quartet No.2
JS BACH Motet: Lobet den Herrn, BWV230
BURRELL Das Meer, das so gross und weit is, da wimmelt’s ohne Zahl, grosse und kleine Tiere
JS BACH Cantata: Wo gehest du hin? BWV166
RICHARD TOGNETTI Artistic Director and Lead Violin
SARA MACLIVER Soprano
FIONA CAMPBELL Mezzo Soprano
NICHOLAS MULROY Tenor
MATTHEW BROOK Bass
Richard Tognetti, much awarded for his performances of Bach, has selected one mass, one motet and one cantata from Bach’s vast catalogue for this Easter tour. Two of Australia’s leading Baroque singers, Sara Macliver and Fiona Campbell, and two of the most exciting singers from the British vocal scene, Nicholas Mulroy and Matthew Brook, sing one voice per part. Expect deeply affecting, fearsomely virtuosic music-making.
Centuries later, Bach’s influence remains pervasive. Schoenberg, Pärt, Burrell and Shostakovich speak from different places and experiences, yet each is motivated by Bach. Burrell conjures the sounds and atmosphere of the sea in a prelude and fugue with a title from the Lutheran Bible. Hypnotic and mystical, Pärt’s Summa sets the Credo and Schoenberg’s soprano soloist sings a heart-breaking Litany. First though, quirky music from Shostakovich.
