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Bach to basics at Bachfest Leipzig

By Sam Johnstone, 14 June 2017
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“impassioned strings, mellifluous wind and buoyant continuo”
Reviewed at Nikolaikirche, Leipzig on 11 June 2017
Programme
Buxtehude, Mit Fried und Freud und ich fahr dahin, BuxWV 76
Bach, Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir - Cantata, BWV38
Bach, Wär Gott nicht mit uns diese Zeit - chorale, BWV257
Bach, Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin - Cantata, BWV125
Bach, Christ lag in Todesbanden - Cantata, BWV4
Performers
Joanne Lunn, Soprano
Emilie Renard, Mezzo-soprano
Thomas Hobbs, Tenor
Matthew Brook, Bass-baritone
Dunedin Consort
John Butt, Director, Harpsichord
MDR Symphony Orchestra
Kristjan Järvi, Conductor
Dominante
Kammerchor der Stadt Leipzig
Mendelssohn Chamber Orchestra Leipzig
Daniel Reuss, Conductor
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Sam Johnstone
Sam Johnstone
Sam Johnstone is a musician and writer based in Berlin. He has written on classical, contemporary and world music for Sinfini Music, The Cusp and World Music Network, and about the influence of the avant-garde on contemporary music in Germany and Japan whilst studying at Oxford University and SOAS, University of London. Sam blogs at www.spljohnstone.com and tweets at @spljohnstone