Seattle Bach Festival “Til Death Do Us Part”
Sunday, March 8 at 3:00pm
A collaboration with Voice of the Viol
Danielle Reutter-Harrah, soprano
Nicholas Burns, countertenor
Gregório Taneguchi, tenor
Sumner Thompson, baritone
Voice of the Viol
Elisabeth Reed, viola da gamba
Adaiha Macadam-Somer, viola da gamba
William Skeen, viola da gamba
Farley Pearce, viola da gamba and violone
Tekla Cunningham, director and baroque violin
Vicki Boeckman, recorder
Bryan Boehnke, recorder
Henry Lebedinsky, organ and harpsichord
John Lenti, theorbo
Music for beginnings and endings, for a wedding and a funeral, from the Bach Family Archive. J.S. Bach descended from a long line of gifted musicians, and considered Johan Christoph Bach to be a “profound composer”. This emotionally rich repertoire features a tapestry of solo voices, viola da gamba consort, violin and continuo.
Program
Works by Johann Michael Bach
Johann Christoph Bach’s Wedding Cantata
Cantata BWV 106 “Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit”
