Artists
- The Sixteen
- Harry Christophersconductor
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The Sixteen
Bach and Byrd
The Sixteen; Harry Christophers conductor
- Date
- Thu 05 Mar 2026, 7.30pm
- Tickets
- £60 £53 £43 £33 £18
- Duration
This concert will be approximately 2 hours in duration, including an interval
- Availability
Ticket bookings are subject to a £4.00 booking fee. This fee covers the whole booking and is not per ticket
Programme
- Johann Sebastian Bach1685-1750
- Ich steh' mit einem Fuss im Grabe BWV156:
- Sinfonia
- Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben BWV147:
- Chorale: Jesus bleibet meine Freude
- Himmelskönig, sei willkommen BWV182:
- Sinfonia
- William Byrdc.1540-1623
- Emendemus in melius
- Herr, deine Augen sehem nach dem Glauben BWV102
Interval
- Geist und Seele wird verwirret BWV35:
- Sinfonia
- Turn our captivity, O Lord
- Wir müssen durch viel Trübsal BWV146
Overview
Martin Luther’s attack on the corrupt Renaissance papacy and the resulting schism that divided the Roman Catholic and Protestant churches set the foundations for the works in The Sixteen’s programme. While Johann Sebastian Bach enhanced the Lutheran liturgy with his remarkable sacred cantatas, William Byrd expressed a longing for the return of the old Catholic faith to Elizabeth I’s England in works tinged with regret and defiance.