“Bachfest Leipzig” on tonight’s “Evening Concert”

] Tonight at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s a “Deutsche Welle Festival Concert”. You’ll hear Bach’s Cantata No. 110 and Charpentier’s “Te Deum” as performed by the Choir of St. Thomas Church Leipzig and the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra.  Also on the program music by Froberger and Marchand.  

Thursday February 20: Deutsche Welle Festival Concerts (DWF 2019-08)

Bachfest Leipzig

Locations: St. Thomas' Church, Leipzig (1,2,3,8); Leipzig City Pool (4,5,6);
Performed by: Choir of St. Thomas' Leipzig (2,8); Freiburg Baroque Orchestra (2,3,8);
Conductor: Gotthold Schwarz (2,3,8);
Soloists: Gesine Adler, soprano (2,8); Cornelia Samuelis, soprano (2); Elvira Bill, alto (2,8);
Patrick Grahl, tenor (2,8); Tobias Berndt, bass (2,8); Ulrich Böhme, organ (1);
Ton Koopman, harpsichord (4,5,6,7); Andreas Staier, harpsichord (5,6);
(1) BACH: Fantasy in G Major for organ (Piece d’Orgue), BWV 572 (07:49)
(2) CHARPENTIER: Te Deum in D Major, H. 146 (22:54)
(3) BACH: Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068 (17:47)
(4) MARCHAND: Harpsichord Suite No. 1 (09:22)
(5) BACH and MARCHAND: French Suite No. 5 / Suite No. 1 for harpsichord (excerpts) (12:21)
(6) BACH: Fugue for two harpsichords from the concerto in C Major, BWV 1061a (05:10)
(7) FROBERGER: Toccata in D Minor from Libro secondo (02:38)
(8) BACH: Unser Mund sei voll Lachens (Our mouth shall be filled…), cantata, BWV 110 (22:17)