Early Music Vancouver: Pilgrimage to Bach feat. Jonathon Adams, baritone, Pacific Baroque Orchestra
Free
Johann Sebastian Bach — Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen BWV 56
Jonathon Adams, baritone
Alexander Weimann, organ, harpsichord, & conductor
Johann Sebastian Bach – Ich habe genug, BWV 82
Johann Sebastian Bach – Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen, BWV 56
Pilgrimage to Bach is a concert of two solo J.S. Bach performances by EMV’s summer artist-in-residence, Jonathon Adams, a Two-Spirit, nêhiyaw michif (Cree-Métis) baritone and the Pacific Baroque Orchestra led from the organ and harpsichord by Alexander Weimann. BWV 82, Ich habe genug ("It is enough") and BWV 56, Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen ("I will carry the burden") are particularly relevant to current times. The cantatas, which work as companion pieces, represent a solo journey, or transition, from this world to the next. In BWV 82, Alan Corbishley stages the cantata as a multimedia performance, heightening the tension between the self and the caged spirit within.
The broadcast will take place at 7:30pm Pacific.
Watch the concert online via the EMV Youtube channel from October 13, 2021: https://www.youtube.com/c/EarlyMusicVancouver
Link to donate: https://www.canadahelps.org/en/dn/52057