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Johann Sebastian Bach, Easter Oratorio
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For Easter Monday, the oratorio composed by Bach for the same celebration exactly 300 years ago. Christophe Rousset leads Les Talens Lyriques in a score with which they are familiar.
The Easter Oratorio, performed in Leipzig shortly after the premiere of the St. John Passion, is inspired by the passage from the Gospels where the apostles Peter and John discover Jesus' empty tomb. Offering more of a sacred meditation than a true narrative (it does not have a narrator, unlike the Christmas Oratorio), the Easter Oratorio is infused with a joy found in the cantata "Erfreut euch, ihr Herzen" [Let the hearts rejoice], also composed for an Easter Monday, this time in 1724. Christophe Rousset, Les Talens Lyriques, and the Namur Chamber Choir are joined by some (or rather, some of) the soloists from their magnificent St. Matthew Passion performed in April 2023.
Program and cast
Duration: about 2h05 with 1 intermission
Les Talens Lyriques
Chœur de chambre de Namur
Christophe Rousset, conducting
Anna El-Khashem, soprano
Mari Askvik, viola
Nick Pritchard, tenor
Edwin Crossley-Mercer, bass
Program
Johann Sebastian Bach
Cantate BWV 66 "Erfreut euch, ihr Herzen"
Cantate BWV 134 "Ein Herz, das seinen Jesum lebend weiß"
Intermission
Oratorio de Pâques BWV 249
Philharmonie de Paris
Grande salle Pierre Boulez - Philharmonie
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From the entrance, stairways and lifts inside the hall take visitors to the various levels.
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