With guest artists Neal Peres Da Costa (organ) and Daniel Yeadon (cello)

The Song Company continues to explore the vocal music of J.S. Bach in this programme of motets and chorales. Extending the legacy of the Kantor of Leipzig are choral settings by Mendelssohn who led the Bach revival in Europe and works by other great German composers of the 19th century as they sought to rediscover the spirit of Bach. Bach’s motets have been performed ever since he wrote them, very often with basso continuo, as here – making for a thoroughly rounded sound.

Bach’s contemporary Scheibe: “A spiritual motet, if you perform it with its full potential, creates an extraordinary, heartfelt joy; it enlivens us and yet makes us thoughtful; it uplifts our spirit for contemplation.”

J.S. Bach: Motet BWV 228 ‘Fürchte dich nicht, Ich bin bei dir’
Felix Mendelssohn: Selection of Sacred Pieces, Op.23 and Motets, Op.69
J.S. Bach: Motet BWV 225 ‘Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied’
Robert Schumann: Fuga on B-A-C-H
J.S. Bach: Motet BWV 226 ‘Der Geist hilft unsrer Schwachheit auf‘
J. Brahms: Chorale preludes and motets

Canberra: Saturday 27th February, 6.00pm Wesley Uniting Church
Newcastle: Thursday 25th February, 7.00pm Christ Church Cathedral
Sydney: Sunday 21st February, 3.00pm Sydney Conservatorium of Music
Sydney: Tuesday 23rd February, 7.30pm Sydney Conservatorium of Music