Bach and Schütz
Sat 16 October 2021
Church of Our Lady and the English Martyrs
Two intense musical expressions of grief and hope form the programme for our first post-Covid performance. Bach’s extraordinarily architectural motet alternates verses from the eponymous chorale (words by Johann Franck to a melody by Johann Crüger), harmonised in a variety of ways which are designed to reflect the texts, with words from the Epistle to the Romans. Heinrich Schütz was commissioned to write his Musikalische Exequien (Musical Requiem) for the funeral services of Count Henry II of Reuss-Gera. It offers a remarkable variety of styles and textures, most notably in its final motet which is scored for 5-part choir with three off-stage soloists, marked as cherubim in the score.
Cost: £10, £7 (students), under 18s free
Venue
Address: | Church of Our Lady and the English Martyrs Hills Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 1JR |