Emerald Ensemble presents BACH: The Six Motets
$25-$35
Johann Sebastian Bach — Der Geist hilft unsrer Schwachheit auf, BWV 226
Johann Sebastian Bach — Jesu, meine Freude, BWV 227
Johann Sebastian Bach — Fürchte dich nicht ich bin bei dir, BWV 228
Johann Sebastian Bach — Komm, Jesu, komm, BWV 229
Johann Sebastian Bach — Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden, BWV 230
JS Bach – Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied, BWV 225
JS Bach – Der Geist hilft unser Schwachheit auf, BWV 226
JS Bach – Jesu, meine Freude, BWV 227
JS Bach – Fürchte dich nicht, ich bin bei dir, BWV 228
JS Bach – Komm, Jesu, komm, BWV 229
JS Bach – Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden, BWV 230
Witness the launch of the Emerald Ensemble, Seattle’s newest professional choir!
The six surviving motets of Johann Sebastian Bach have proven a cornerstone of the choral repertoire since they were published as a group, over a hundred years after their composition. These short works reveal Bach as history’s greatest contrapuntal craftsman. But beyond the intellectualism of their construction, the motets sparkle with the various facets of Bach’s passionate personality, from the somber to the ebullient.
--> This concert is an LMP CRITIC'S PICK, selected by Seattle music critic Philippa Kiraly.