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LOCATION:Johannes-Brahms-Platz , 20355 Hamburg
SUMMARY;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Bachfest Hamburg / Final Concert
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Today, Johann Sebastian Bach is primarily known as the creator of=0D=0Achurch cantatas, passions, and sacred masterpieces. But the=0D=0AThomaskantor of Leipzig was much more than just a devout musician: he=0D=0Aleft behind magnificent and dramatic works for festive, courtly, and=0D=0Auniversity occasions. Two particularly colorful examples of this=0D=0Aentirely secular Bach, who described his professional time as court=0D=0Aconductor at the court of the Prince of Saxony-Anhalt in Köthen as=0D=0Athe happiest of his life, are the focus of the closing concert of the=0D=0AIV International Bach Festival Hamburg.=0D=0A=0D=0AThe Satisfied Aeolus is a »dramma per musica« in which the god of=0D=0Athe winds, Aeolus, is disturbed in his peace and quiet and in which=0D=0Athe wind god is impressively staged with trumpets and drums, stormy=0D=0Achoruses, and virtuoso arias. The plot is allegorical, the music=0D=0Amagnificent: personifications of air, thunder, the seasons, and reason=0D=0Acompete with each other until finally Pallas Athena appeases the=0D=0Aenraged Aeolus. Bach takes the opportunity here to exploit the entire=0D=0Aorchestral color spectrum: from the raging storm to the gentle breeze.=0D=0A=0D=0AVirtuoso. The result is a musical debate that remains charming and=0D=0Awitty to this day.=0D=0A=0D=0AFour years later, in 1729, Bach composed The Contest between Phoebus=0D=0Aand Pan. This piece is also a »dramma per musica«, but the tone is=0D=0Aeven more pointed and the wit even sharper.=0D=0AThe plot is borrowed from ancient mythology: Phoebus (Apollo), god of=0D=0Athe arts, and Pan, the rural god of shepherds and flutes, compete to=0D=0Asee who is the better musician. King Midas is asked to judge – and=0D=0Afatally decides in favor of Pan. As a result, Midas is punished by=0D=0APhoebus with donkey ears.=0D=0A=0D=0ABeneath the humorous surface lies a serious question: What is »good=0D=0Amusic«? Bach and his favorite librettist Christian Friedrich Henrici,=0D=0Awho wrote under the pseudonym Picander, play with the contrast between=0D=0Aartistic, scholarly composition (Phoebus) and folk-like, simple=0D=0Amusic-making (Pan). Unsurprisingly, Bach takes the side of art, but=0D=0Anot without a wink: the music for Pan is deliberately »simple« and=0D=0Acoarse, while that for Phoebus is elegant and virtuosic. The result is=0D=0Aa musical debate that remains charming and witty to this day.=0D=0A=0D=0AWhat would have happened if Bach had converted from Protestantism to=0D=0ACatholicism and, instead of Johann Adolf Hasse, had been appointed=0D=0Acourt conductor at the Dresden court of Augustus the Strong? The=0D=0ADresden Court Opera House, with its 2,000 seats, was one of the=0D=0Alargest opera houses in Europe at the time. Perhaps Bach might even=0D=0Ahave surpassed George Frideric Handel as a Baroque opera composer.=0D=0A=0D=0APERFORMERS=0D=0A=0D=0ACARL-PHILIPP-EMANUEL-BACH-CHOR HAMBURG choir=0D=0A=0D=0ABARUCCO chamber orchestra=0D=0A=0D=0ACATALINA BERTUCCI soprano=0D=0A=0D=0ASOPHIE RENNERT mezzo-soprano=0D=0A=0D=0ADANIEL JOHANNSEN tenor=0D=0A=0D=0ASHIMON YOSHIDA tenor=0D=0A=0D=0AKLAUS HÄGER bass=0D=0A=0D=0ADANIEL OCHOA bass=0D=0A=0D=0ADAVID CHIN harpsichord and director=0D=0A=0D=0AHANSJÖRG ALBRECHT harpsichord and director=0D=0A=0D=0APROGRAM=0D=0A=0D=0AJOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH=0D=0ADer zufriedengestellte Aeolus: Zerreißet, zersprenget, zertrümmert=0D=0Adie Gruft / Dramma per musica BWV 205=0D=0A=0D=0A- Interval -=0D=0A=0D=0AJOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH=0D=0ADer Streit zwischen Phoebus und Pan: Geschwinde, ihr wirbelnden Winde=0D=0A/ Dramma per musica BWV 201=0D=0A
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