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Freiburger Barockorchester: »Bachs Weihnachtskantaten« at Philharmonie Berlin

Berlin, Philharmonie Berlin — Kammermusiksaal

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About the Event

Marie‐Luise Werneburg, Elvira Bill, Raphael Höhn, and Dominik Wörner—accompanied by the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra under the baton of Péter Barczi. Our Christmas concerts in Berlin, Freiburg, and Stuttgart bring together the who's who of historically informed performance practice, especially for the music of Johann Sebastian Bach.

The program features four Christmas cantatas that offer an insight into the immense diversity of Bach's cantata oeuvre. The instrumentation in particular ensures a colorful sound: In the cantata “Ich freue mich in Dir” (I rejoice in you), a radiant cornett sounds, while in the cantata “Süßer Trost, mein Jesus kömmt” (Sweet comfort, my Jesus is coming), a flute and an oboe d'amore create an introverted mood. The two horns in “Dazu erschienen ist der Sohn Gottes” (The Son of God has appeared), on the other hand, underscore the festivity that is an essential part of the Christmas season.

Following the large ensemble in the Christmas program “Engel & Hirten” (Angels & Shepherds) in the 2023/24 season, the FBO is now pursuing a different interpretative approach that has been discussed in Bach research for some time, namely performing cantatas without a choir. This will make the concert evening a novel sound experience!

Program

  • Johann Sebastian Bach – Cantata 'Dazu ist erschienen der Sohn Gottes', BWV 40
  • Johann Sebastian Bach – »Ich freue mich in dir« BWV 133
  • Johann Sebastian Bach – Cantata, "Süßer Trost, mein Jesus kömmt", BWV 151
  • Johann Sebastian Bach – Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland BWV 62
Program is subject to change

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Orchestra: Freiburger Barockorchester

Freiburger Barockorchester (Freiburg Baroque Orchestra) is an orchestra originally founded 'to enliven the world of Baroque music with new sounds.' The orchestra, based in Freiburg, Germany now also performs works by later composers such as Beethoven, Schubert and Weber as well as contemporary music. They play small group chamber music as well as symphonies for large orchestras.

The Freiburg Baroque Orchestra gave its first concert in 1987 and began touring abroad with a performance in Amsterdam in 1989 and came to America first in 1995. Today, half of the orchestra's concerts are performed abroad. The musicians chose Gottfried von der Goltz and Petra Müllejans from among their own members as musical directors. (Both von der Goltz and Müllejans are violinists.) The orchestra performs one‐quarter of its concerts under guest conductors, such as Ivor Bolton, René Jacobs, Philippe Herreweghe or Trevor Pinnock.

Bass: Dominik Wörner
Tenor: Raphael Höhn
Soprano: Marie‐Luise Werneburg
Mezzo-soprano: Elvira Bill
Concertmaster: Péter Barczi

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Philharmonie Berlin, Herbert‐von‐Karajan‐Str. 1, Berlin, Germany — Google Maps

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