Tag: Oratorio
Concert: George Frideric Handel’s very first oratorio – culture
George Frideric Handel’s perhaps most famous melody is sung to the text “Lascia ch’io pianga” in his opera “Rinaldo” in 1711. But in “Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno”,…
Bach’s Christmas Oratorio in the Isarphilharmonie – Culture
A lot feels different this year at a performance of the six cantatas from Johann Sebastian Bach’s Christmas Oratorio. Because it has become anchored in the awareness that there will…
Alexander Grychtolik has reconstructed Bach’s Passion Oratorio – Culture
From Michael Stallknecht There would be no Lent, and certainly no Holy Week without the “St Matthew Passion” and the “St John Passion” by Johann Sebastian Bach. Only the Alte…
Munich: Arcis vocalists sing an oratorio by Carl Loewe – Munich
In the end, only the flames rejoice: they sing in chorus while they burn Jan Hus. The church, on the other hand, is stubborn, politics opportunistic – and the Bohemian…
Pöcking: An oratorio goes around the world – Starnberg
Originally, the oratorio should have gone around the world with live concerts to support the Fridays for Future idea. Then Corona came and forced Plan B. New ideas were needed…
Erwin Schulhoff’s jazz oratorio “HMS Royal Oak” in Theresienstadt – culture
The room where the public dress rehearsal takes place is odd enough. A hall, neoclassical, extensively renovated. gorgeous. A hall like one might find in many manorial palaces, but this…
Premiere in the Herkulessaal: Bavarian oratorio by Andreas Begert – Erding
Andreas Begert fulfills a dream. The composer, songwriter and music teacher who grew up in Erding and lives in Dorfen has composed a “Bavarian Oratorio” that will be premiered in…
Munich: The Passion oratorio by Carl Loewe in the Matthäuskirche – Munich
The musical Good Friday: This usually means the choice between the two Passion settings according to St. Matthew or St. John by Johann Sebastian Bach. In the case of the…
Bach’s Christmas Oratorio with Choir and Orchestra of the Sound Administration – Munich
The sound management performs Bach’s Christmas Oratorio in the Isarphilharmonie. The choir and soloists are outstanding, countertenor Andreas Scholl has the dual role of singer and orchestra leader. That doesn’t…