Friday November 9, 2012 8pm
NEC's Jordan Hall
30 Gainsborough Street, Boston, MA
Pre-concert talk at 7pm and post-concert reception are free with ticket.
Pre-concert lecture at 7pm in the Keller Room
Post-concert reception in Williams Hall
Our season begins just as our organization did, with the cantatas of J.S. Bach as its foundation. Bach’s energetic and forceful BWV 114 and ravishingly chromatic BWV 3 frame Frank Martin’s poignant last work, the stunning cantata “Et la vie l’emporta,” and select motets by the enigmatic Czech composer—and contemporary of Bach—Jan Dismas Zelenka.
J.S. Bach
Cantata BWV 114, “Ach, lieben Christen, seid getrost” (1724)
Soloists: Krista River, alto; Bill Hite, tenor; James Dargan, baritone
Frank Martin
Et la vie l’emporta (1974)
Soloists: Lynn Torgove, alto; Dana Whiteside, baritone
Jan Dismas Zelenka
Three motets from Responsoria pro Hebdomada Sancta (1723)
J.S. Bach
Cantata BWV 3, “Ach Gott, wie manches Herzeleid”
Soloists:Krista River, soprano; Lynn Torgove, alto; Bill Hite, tenor; Mark Andrew Cleveland, bass