Diep berouw en het verlangen naar goddelijke verlossing zijn twee van de centrale thema's in de cantates van de Noord-Duitse barokcomponisten. Griet De Geyter en Il Gardellino selecteerden drie voorbeeldige werken uit het genre van Dieterich Buxtehude, Georg Philipp Telemann en Johann Sebastian Bach, met bijzondere nadruk op de duidelijk gedirigeerde stem en de frappante expressiviteit van de...
Johann Sebastian Bach’s Sei Solo for unaccompanied violin figure amongst the baroque works on which the performance traditions of the 19th and 20th centuries weigh most heavily. Rediscovered halfway through the 19th century after having been forgotten for more than a century, these works quickly entered the repertoire of works performed by violinists during the Romantic period: from that moment...
Symphonies of Bach’s Sons by the Controcorrente Orchestra: a new dynamic Italian Baroque Orchestra makes its debut with not mainstream symphonies! As they name indicates, they choose to swim against the current and explore hidden gems of the repertoire. But not only are they original, young and full of dynamic energy, but the result is also simply stunningly good and makes this music come alive...
