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Marco Borggreve Part of Barbican Presents 2019–20 Hall Barbican Tue 10 Mar 7.30pm Collegium Bach Bach’s Passion St John

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3 Bach’s St John Passion Tue 10 Mar, Hall 4 Bach’s St John Passion Tue 10 Mar, Hall Hana Blažíková Hana Part of Barbican Presents 2019–20 Presents Barbican of Part Immler Christian Wilder Zachary Guillon Damien Gilchrist James Suzuki Masaaki Japan Collegium Bach Part 1andPart 2 The willbeoneinterval of 20minutes between J S Bach Hall Barbican Tue 10 Mar 7.30pm Japan Collegium Bach Passion St John

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to Christ’scrucifixion –atradition thatwent the Gospeltexts relating theevents leading increasingly dramatised musicalsettingsof type, Bach was slotting into atradition of Yet, incomposingPassions of thisparticular work’s two parts. endured agruellingsermonbetween the when thecongregation would have also most important days inthechurch calendar, part of theliturgy onGoodFriday, oneof the Passions to beperformed inchurch as And sure enough,Bach composedhis sombre reverence of areligious celebration. act often invested withsomethingof the vital andmeaningfulpartof HolyWeek, an alike, attending aPassion performance isa For many people,believers andagnostics being mistaken for an . the Bach’s two great surviving Passions – Today, itishard to imagine eitherof bewilderment …An elderlywidow of the ‘all thepeople were thrown into thegreatest unidentified Passion performance atwhich successors’. Gerberhad alsowritten of an would recognise usasChristiansand their so many instruments,Idonot believe thatthey and hearsucharoaring organ together with first Christiansshouldrise,visitour assemblies, he complainedin1732 that‘ifsomeof those theologian ChristianGerberrecognised when a strong trend towards thetheatrical,as roles, choirsandorchestras certainly shows compositions involving solosingerswithnamed from thefirst chanted Passions to elaborate during theprevious century. Theevolution particular strength innorthernGermany back to earlyChristiantimes,buthad gained St Matthew St andthe St John St

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5 Bach’s St John Passion Tue 10 Mar, Hall 6 Bach’s St John Passion Tue 10 Mar, Hall Chorus work. abigger within reflection of amoment offer often these music sacred Bach’s in accompaniment; with Glossary to move the story forwards. forwards. story to move the used style, in speech-like is that from the dramatic to the consoling. mood in widely range They drama. unfolding the in key at moments choruses and St Matthew Passions Passions St Matthew

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In fact, the rather to incite thelistener to devotion’. as not to make anoperatic impression, but last too long,andshallbeof suchanature should ‘soarrange themusicthatitshallnot council, had specifically stipulated thathe churches –Bach’s new employers, thetown organising themusicatallLeipzig’sfour main post whichcarriedwithitresponsibility for to thejobof Kantor of St Thomas’s School–a After all,athisappointmenttheprevious May Bach was actually settingoutto betheatrical. in Leipzig’sSt NicholasChurch inApril1724, in composingmusicfor hisfirst GoodFriday to whichGerberobjected, itseemsunlikely that, and Handelispresumably justthesortof thing openly operatic Passions by Keiser, Telemann others had already furnishedfor even more those thepoetBartholdHeinrichBrockes and with ariasandchorusesto words adapted from the presence initof urgent interlaced depiction of Christ’strialinPart 2),andwhile strikingly dramatic work (for instance, initsvivid Nevertheless, whilethe It’s justasifwe were atacomicopera”.’ nobility exclaimed: “Godsave us,my children! which theaction stops andarelevant emotion the episodesprovided by theeightarias,in As afoil to thisnarrative element,there are with almosthysterical intensity, by thechorus. crowd are voiced, succinctlybutsometimes while theutterances andexclamations of the Pilate, for instance) are taken by solo voices, roles of certain other characters (Peter and words sungby abass;inaddition, thesmaller tenor representing theEvangelist, withChrist’s of theGospelitself,sunginrecitative by a strands. Atitscore isthe narrative, thetext in four parallel andmutuallysupportive construction whichtells itswell-known story a detailed andcomplex yet utterly coherent work whichismore thantwo hourslong,with than that.Bach’s achievement was to devise a St JohnPassion St JohnPassion ismore complicated is a isa These would have beenextremely familiar to communal elementrepresented by thechorales. The third strand isthemeditative and superb alto aria‘Esistvollbracht!’ (No 30). (associated inBach’s timewithdeath)inthe meine Seel’’(No 19) andavioladagamba violas d’amore inthebassarioso‘Betrachte, accompanying soloinstruments,includingtwo to befound, enhancedand coloured by most reflective momentsinthePassion are or reaction isexplored; theseare where the Programme note by Lindsay Kemp to ourhumansensibilities andsympathies. it ultimately appealswithgreater directness emotionally charged events of HolyWeek, Matthew listener’s soulasthemore contemplative Maybe itdoesnot reach quite sofar into the is awork withitsown character andambitions. among both performers andlisteners thatthis grown, atestament to anincreasing realisation Matthew relation to thelarger, later andbetter-known The farewell to Christ’searthlyincarnation. wohl’ (No 39),isamoving andconsoling his ultimate glory;thesecond,‘Ruht time, reminds usthatwithinitiscontained humiliation, butonewhich,atthesame harrowing depictionof Christ’sagony and the first, thevery openingmovement, isa frame thework like massive structural pillars: Finally, there are thegreat chorusesthat with momentsof recognition andidentification. they would certainly have provided listeners sense of thecongregation actually joiningin, points-of-entry was probably not literal inthe Bach’s contemporaries, andwhiletheirrole as St JohnPassion but,asagrippingdepictionof the . Recently, however, itspopularityhas was longseenasapoor St St St St ‘The musical literature literature musical ‘The What he gives us –what he with extreme emotion. emotion. extreme with Alex Ross, Ross, Alex from the dome. He walks walks He from dome. the He doesHe not console; he tends to present Bach as tends to present as Bach uncanny control over his labyrinth of his imagination. imagination. his of labyrinth no Byzantine deity gazing gazing Byzantineno deity have caught been in the commiserates … Bach is commiserates is Bach … creations, but he, too, may beside you in the night.’ perhaps gave himself –is a way of coming to terms exerting mastermind a The New Yorker New The : 2 January 2017: 2January

7 Bach’s St John Passion Tue 10 Mar, Hall 8 Bach’s St John Passion Tue 10 Mar, Hall the Lutheran churches, courts and municipalities and municipalities the Lutheran churches, courts in working musicians were relatives male of his many which in family asprawling into Eisenach 1685 in born was in Bach Sebastian Johann began. time since existed has that frame divine some were it if as music, his in find many listeners quality fundamental the also but achievers ofhuman highest the the composer’s place among acknowledged only not to symbolise seemed this spacecraft, Voyager departing the in placed record ofEarth’ ‘Sounds the on composer prominent 1977, in When, most the Bach made NASA Bach Sebastian Johann 1685 Thomas’s St ofKantor at job the up Leipzig, in 1723, in move came final His took he when and solo music. chamber orchestral, of his much wrote he that orchestra, agood was there where there, was it and Cöthen, at Leopold to Prince Kapellmeister 1717 In duties. of post the to assume moved he to his added was music instrumental and ofchurch composing the where court, ducal to the to Weimar organist as returned he later years Six performer. keyboard a virtuoso as areputation acquired he that Mühlhausen at subsequently and there was it and Arnstadt in position organist’s an obtained had he months Weimar in 1702. in aviolinist as Within post paid brother, first older an his got he with studying and school at singing Germany. After of central Eisenach on 21 Bach born in in born Bach March 1685 March miles to Lübeck to to toLübeck miles hear Buxtehude Buxtehude hear 1705: 250 walks play the organ Kapellmeister at at Kapellmeister 1717: becomes becomes 1717: Cöthen Profile by Lindsay Kemp Kemp byProfile Lindsay profound, intelligible and satisfying to all. satisfying and intelligible profound, spiritually gripping, –intellectually time of its free lives it legacies, artistic greatest like the all ‘German’ manner. Yet, distinct and anew into styles Italian and French competing formerly the assimilating , High ofthe pinnacle the Telemann, and represents ofHandel that with along music, Bach’s terms, historical In Fugue compendia, contrapuntal masterly the as such collections semi-didactic on working –and Bminor in Mass the being example substantial most –the works larger or sets into music earlier his revising and organising with concerned him increasingly saw decade last His afield. further recognition some to gain Variations), began ‘Goldberg’ and monumental the (including works keyboard of publication the in 1730s comfort found he the In employers. his with clashed often he there too, were frustrations professional and –but settings Passion great two his composed also and liturgy the for cantatas 300 to write project acherished out carried Bach there years five first his –in opportunities important offered that post aprestigious was It churches. main city’s the at services for music provide to him required things other among which . 1720: first wife 1720: wife first (1685–1750) Maria dies The

Musical Offering Musical 1721: Anna marries Magdalena, with whom he has 13 has he whom children and and The Art of of Art The St 1723: he becomes 1723: becomes he Thomas’s Church Kantor of Kantor of in Leipzig performance of the ofthe performance St John Passion St John 1724: first 1724: first performance of the ofthe performance St Matthew Passion St Matthew 1727: first first 1727: Variations 1742: 1742: Goldberg Goldberg published 1749: the completes B minor Mass B minor Dies 28 July 1750 28July Dies while working on on working while The Art of Fugue Art The 1750

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Marco Borggreve About the performers and comprising 65volumes. Theensemble sacred andsecular cantatas, initiated in1995 Japan’s epicproject to record thecomplete marked theconclusionof Bach Collegium him many criticalplaudits.Theyear 2018 complete works for harpsichord, hasbrought all Bach’s majorchoral piecesaswell asthe His impressive discography for BIS,featuring Seattle Symphony orchestras, amongothers. Elbphilharmonie andtheNHK,St Louisand de Radio France. ThisseasonhevisitstheNDR Philharmonic andOrchestre Philharmonique Nippon Symphony orchestras, New York Gothenburg, SanFrancisco andYomiuri Bavarian Radio, DanishNationalRadio, and Stravinsky, withorchestras suchasthe Brahms, Britten, Fauré, Mahler, Mendelssohn Baroque, heconductsrepertoire asdiverse as of theAge of Enlightenment andPhilharmonia instrument ensembles,suchastheOrchestra In addition to working withrenowned period- refinement andtruthof hisperformances. up anoutstanding reputation for theexpressive festivals inEurope andtheUSA andbuilding regularly taking the group to major venues and has remained itsMusicDirector ever since, leading authorityontheworks of J SBach. He Masaaki Suzukihasestablished himselfasa Since founding Bach CollegiumJapanin1990, Suzuki Masaaki director was onthechoral conductingfaculty atYale department atTokyo University of theArtsand and Professor Emeritusof the earlymusic andPietKee. Heisfounder Sweelinck Conservatory inAmsterdam under performance andwent onto studyatthe Arts withadegree incompositionandorgan graduated from theTokyo University of the harpsichordist. Hewas borninKobe, career withwork asanorganist and Masaaki Suzukicombineshisconducting Cologne, Madrid, Paris andhere inLondon. concerts inBrussels,Dublin,Hamburg, embarks onits30th-anniversary tour, including Davies Symphony Hall.Thisseasonthegroup Tully Hall,New York, andSanFrancisco’s as well, performing atvenues includingAlice of Mendelssohn’s also gave acriticallyacclaimed performance the cycle atBachfest Leipzig,where it of three ensemblesinvited to participate in Last seasonBach CollegiumJapanwas one released lastmonth. recording of the solemnis and MassinC minor)Beethoven ( recordings of works by Mozart( is now extending itsrepertoire withrecent des Verdienstordens derBundesrepublik’. awarded him‘DasVerdienstkreuz amBande Music Bach Prize. InApril2001 Germany Medal andin2013 theRoyal Academy of In 2012 hewas awarded theLeipzigBach Yale ScholaCantorum. affiliated astheprincipalguestconductor of Music from 2009until2013, andremains School of MusicandYale Institute of Sacred

and Symphony No 9).Itsnew St Matthew Passion Elijah . Ittoured to theUSA was was Missa Missa

Vaughan Williams’s Finzi’s AAM; Herring in title-role the includes discography His his generation. of Evangelists finest ofthe one as celebrated is he and schedule, his in prominently the repertoire: Baroque in home at equally is He of Germany. Orchestra and the National Youth Orchestra War Requiem Tokyo in the and Orchestra Symphony NHK Festival, Aldeburgh the at Church Parables Britten’s performed has and music English in admired particularly is He Hickox. Richard and Labadie, Christophers, Harry Bernard Gardiner, Norrington, Eliot Roger Sir John Sir including conductors with world the throughout halls concert major in perform him seen has repertoire concert extensive His Cambridge. King’s at scholar College, achoral as later and Oxford, College, ofNew the in achorister as first sang he age: a young at sparked was 1996.in interest musical His music in career to afull-time doctor, turning a as life working his began Gilchrist James Gilchrist James St John for Chandos; and and Oh Fair To Fair Oh See with the Symphony Francisco San the with St Matthew Passions Passions St Matthew in St Petersburg, London and On WenlockOn Edge Evangelist St John Passion St John Nocturne and other songs, with the the with feature feature with the the with , Britten’s Britten’s , Albert Albert

Rambert; Beethoven’s Beethoven’s Rambert; Ballet and Opera Garsington with production astaged in and Orchestra Symphony Dallas Haydn’sof Music; Cleobury’s final Easter week as Director Stephen late ofthe part as Cambridge, Tafelmusik King’s both and with College, the include highlights Recent Orchid Classics. for song-cycles Schubert and Records; Linn Winter Words Symphony Orchestra under . Richard under Orchestra Symphony Handel’s and Suzuki Masaaki and Japan Collegium Bach with tour aEuropean on Evangelist the sings also he Bergen’s and Oslo Grieghallen; in Opera Norwegian at Gardner Edward the Philharmonic Bergen Orchestra under Rev ofthe role the performs he season This Drake. Julius pianist the with Langeland in ofconcerts a series and Orchestra; Symphony Scottish BBC the with Singapore Symphony Orchestra; performances from the Conservatory in 2002 and later later and 2002 in Conservatory Prague the from asinger as graduated She . the studied children’s Praha Radost and the in choir sang initially and Prague in born was Blažíková Hana Blažíková Hana Horace Adams ( Messiah and Schumann song-cycles for for song-cycles Schumann and with the City of Birmingham ofBirmingham City the with The Peter Grimes soprano soprano Missa solemnis Missa St Matthew Passion St Matthew with the the with ) with ) with with the the with

11 Bach’s St John Passion Tue 10 Mar, Hall 12 Bach’s St John Passion Tue 10 Mar, Hall collaborates with the cornett player Bruce Bruce player cornett the with collaborates L’Armonia Sonora, among She regularly others. and Florea 1704, Musica Marianum, Collegium Society, Tafelmusik, Bach Collegium the Fenice, La Ensemble Genève, Angeli Gli Amsterdam , L’Arpeggiata, Voci, Sette Japan, Collegium Bach Gent, Vocale Collegium around world, the including performing with ensembles and orchestras music, medieval and Renaissance Baroque, in specialist aleading as acclaimed today is She Crook. Howard and Mauch Peter Monika Kooij, Poppy Holden, with studied medieval polyphony. early and chant Gregorian in specialises which Ensemble, Tiburtina ofthe a member is she addition In instrument. this on herself accompanies she which in concerts presents and harp romanesque and gothic plays also She Masaaki Suzuki. under Japan Collegium Bach with cantatas ofBach series acclaimed the including CDs, 30 than more recorded has Blažíková Hana chamán of production astaged and Orchestra; the Japan; Collegium Bach with Hall Carnegie at debut her Herreweghe; Philippe under ofBach’s tour worldwide acclaimed an included have successes Earlier Gardiner. Eliot John Sir under in patriad’Ulisse ofMonteverdi’s tour American and aEuropean in 2017During participated she many others. among Festival, HongChaise-Dieu, Kong and Leipzig Bach Sablé, Resonanzen, Regensburg, Music, Early Utrecht Salzburg, Edinburgh, the including festivals, many important at appeared has She Breathtaking album the recorded Dickey, she whom with John Passion St John with L’Arpeggiata with Bogotá. in . and and with the Symphony Boston L’incoronazione di Poppea di L’incoronazione St Matthew Passion Passion St Matthew L’Orfeo , Orfeo Orfeo Il ritorno

He has since worked regularly with renowned renowned with regularly worked since has He Scholl. ofAndreas tutelage the under Scholl Basiliensis Cantorum Schola the at studies his Barker. completed He Noëlle and Buet Alain Corréas, Jérôme Crook, Howard as such teachers renowned with interpretations music early into research his deepened and organ, and harpsichord the studied also he there While Versailles. de Baroque Musique de Centre the at training vocal his pursuing singing with the life musical his began Guillon Damien Guillon Damien Les Arts Florissants. Arts Les with tour America-wide Landi’sand ( Tolomeo ( Festival; Beaune the and Nice de Opéra the Européenne ( of Joad roles the sung has he stage On works. German sacred as well as , and Baroque Italian to major Renaissance English the from spans repertoire wide-ranging His . and Suzuki Masaaki Savall, Jordi Rousset, Niquet, François-Xavier Roth, Christophe Hervé Paul McCreesh, Malgoire, Jean-Claude Labadie, Bernard Haïm, Emmanuelle Dumestre, including conductors, Il ritorno in patria d’Ulisse Athalia Giulio Cesare

Il Sant’Alessio Il d’Ambronay; Arcane ( Arcane d’Ambronay; Maîtrise de Bretagne Maîtrise before Académie Baroque Baroque Académie the ) with countertenor countertenor William Christie, Vincent Vincent William Christie, ) in Caen; Anfinomo Anfinomo Caen; ) in on a European and and a European on ) at La Monnaie; Monnaie; La ) at Teseo ) at ) at Philippe Matsas Leipzig Gewandhausorchester and Dresden Orchestra, Symphony Radio Frankfurt the widely in Germany,performed including with also has He Dantone. by Ottavio conducted Bizantina Accademia with sung has he Festival Music Early Herne the at China; and and France in appeared has he Céleste Banquet ofLe Tokyo, part as Sapporo; and in sung has he Suzuki Masaaki and Japan Collegium Bach with Miami; in Symphony World New the with appeared also he whom under Labadie, Roy du Bernard and Violons Les with Hall Carnegie at performed has He Consort, Early Music Vancouver, Music Early Consort, English Vocale Dunedin Gent, Collegium Spirituel, Concert Le Mediterranea, Cappella Festival, Music Early Boston Japan, Collegium Bach Florissants, American Soloists, Bach Les Arts including ensembles, leading with works now He Voix. des Jardin Le singers, young for academy prestigious Florissants’ Arts Les in part to take 2013 Christie by William chosen was he (Lully’s 2010 in debut European Renaud his as made He repertoire. 17th- in renowned 18th-century and particularly is Wilder Zachary tenor American Wilder Zachary Philippe under Herreweghe. Royal the with Amsterdam in and Staatskapelle, Armide ) on tour with Mercury Houston. In In Houston. Mercury with tour ) on tenor tenor Le Concert Spirituel. Le Concert recorded extensively with the Boston Early Music Music Early Boston the with extensively recorded eSonate Balli and Rossi: Amours Contrariées albums: solo Wilder’sZachary discography includes several Society. the Bach Netherlands and Soloists, Baroque English Japan, Collegium L’Arpeggiata, d’Astrée,with Bach Concert Le tours European and Tokyo Orchestra; Symphony inEvangelist Bach’s Symphonythe Charlottesville Orchestra; the Vaughanand Williams’s Britten’s YorkNew Caramoor; at and Rameau’s in title-role the include season this Highlights USA. the and Japan in Christmas Genji of ( ofLight Spirit Orchestra, Symphony Zappa’sFrank Soloists; Baroque English the and Gardiner Eliot John Sir with tour Monteverdi international a seven-month include highlights Recent Lyriques. Talens Les and Orchestra Symphony Francisco San Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Harmonique, Poème Le Orchestra, Paris Chamber Baroque, Holland Society, &Haydn Handel Pygmalion, Baroque Soloists, Ensemble Clematis, Ensemble and Francoeur’s reworking ofLully’s Francoeur’sand reworking Passion St Matthew Jepthé Montéclair’s Festival; Music Early Boston the with forthcoming releases include Handel’s Zaïs désert David’s Félicien Mediterranea; Cappella with Zamponi’s Pygmalion, Florissants; aDVDand ofMonteverdi’s Baroque Soloists; Il ritorno in patria d’Ulisse Monteverdi’s on heard be also can and Festival with Les Talens Lyriques. Recent and and Talens Recent Les Lyriques. with with the Paris Chamber Orchestra; Bach’s with the Orfeo Orchestra, Bach’s Bach’s Orchestra, Orfeo the with ) at Tokyo’s) at Bach’s and Kabukiza; with Arion Baroque; and Rameau’s and Baroque; Arion with Stravaganza d’amoreStravaganza Eternità d’amore Eternità 200 Motels Motels 200 Le Jardin de Monsieur Rameau Monsieur de Le Jardin with Japan Collegium Bach with with Bach Collegium Japan, Japan, Collegium Bach with (Centaur) and and (Centaur) St Matthew Passion St Matthew Ulisse nell’isola di Circe nell’isola Ulisse (Ricercar). He has has He (Ricercar). On WenlockOn Edge with the English the English with with the Strasbourg the Strasbourg with L’Orfeo (on La Musica), Dardanus with Ensemble Monteverdi Monteverdi with Les Arts Arts Les with Armide The TaleThe Nocturne Almira with the the with in in with with with with

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Marco Borggreve René Jacobs. recently, in most and, Festival Music Early Venice,Fenice, Boston La Opera, Israeli New Wien, der an Theater Théâtre, Geneva’s Paris, Grand Comique, Opéra the at appeared has he stage On Proms. BBC the and festivals Lucerne and Aix-en-Provence Salzburg, the at and House Sydney and Opera Concertgebouw Amsterdam the as such venues leading at performed has He Alarcón. García Leonardo and Christie William Bernius, Frieder Hengelbrock, Thomas Antonini, Giovanni Dantone, Ottavio Pichon, Corboz,Michel Masaaki Suzuki, Raphaël Parrott, Andrew Conlon, James Kent Nagano, Harding, Daniel Bolton, Ivor Herreweghe, Marc Minkowski, Rousset, Christophe Philippe as , conductors such with worked Mahler. has and He Mendelssohn Mozart, Haydn, Handel, ofJ SBach, music the with associated particularly is he concert In International Competition. Boulanger Lili and Nadia the won he when launched was career international his and Piernay Rudolf with studied He quality. highest ofthe music recording and making years many spent since has and Knabenchor Tölzer the in soloist alto aboy as career singing his began Immler Christian bass-baritone German Christian Immler Don Giovanni Don bass-baritone bass-baritone in Seoul under under in Seoul of introducing Japanese audiences to historically to historically audiences Japanese of introducing aim Director, the with Music its Suzuki, Masaaki 1990 in founded was by Japan Collegium Bach Japan Collegium Bach for masterclasses. demand in much also is He awards. prestigious of anumber won have which recordings, 50 than more made has Immler Christian Tokyo. in Orchestra and Beethoven’s Symphony Ninth performs and Pichon Raphaël and Suzuki Masaaki with tours Galatea and Equilbey; Laurence with Élysées Champs- des Théâtre the and Rouen de Opéra Leonore (Beethoven’s Rocco sings he season This Driver. Danny and Bezuidenhout regularly with Christoph Berner, Kristian entitled album an released he whom with Deutsch Helmut pianist with Tonhalle,Zurich latter the the and Mozarteum Salzburg Philharmonie, York, New in Paris Collection Frick the Hall, Wigmore the at recitals given has He project in 2018. in project 1995 in the cantatas finished and secular and sacred complete the recording began it (BIS); ofJ SBach works choral major ofthe recordings through reputation international its formidable a established has Japan Collegium Bach Beethoven’s a2017 winning latter (the Cminor in Mass and Requiem Mozart’s Classical repertoire, having released discs of exploring now is ensemble award-winning The programmes. of instrumental anumber and cantatas ofBach’s series concert annual an include activities its and chorus and comprises both period-instrument orchestra It music. ofBaroque performances informed Missa solemnis Missa Modern Times ) with René Jacobs; Jacobs; René ) with at the Opéra de Massy; undertakes undertakes Massy; de Opéra the at Missa solemnis Missa It was with the NHK Symphony Symphony NHK the with Gramophone recognised with ECHO ECHO with recognised . He collaborates collaborates . He and Ninth Symphony. Symphony. Ninth and Der Freischütz Freischütz Der Award) and and Award) Acis and and Acis at the the at as far afield as Amsterdam, Berlin, Paris, Hong Paris, Hong Berlin, Amsterdam, as afield far as venues in performances widely, toured with have Suzuki Masaaki and Japan Collegium Bach Principal Conductor. group’s the Suzuki, ofMasato leadership the under concertos ofharpsichord disc afirst and ofthe recording a new cantatas, secular ofthe set box ofthe release the a l’Année de d’Or 2010Award, Diapason the and Critics’ Record aGerman with honoured was group’sAward. The motets ofBach recording Year ofthe Achievement Editorial Klassik’s (Servant) Yosuke Taniguchi Katsuhiko Nakashima Satoshi Mizukoshi Hiroto Ishikawa Tenor Tamaki Suzuki Yumi Nakamura Noriyuki Kubo Maria Koshiishi Hiroya Aoki Alto Kozue Shimizu Eri Sawae Maria Mochizuki Aki Matsui(Maid) Soprano Bach Collegium Japan New Melbourne, Angeles, Los Kong, London, the JapanArtsCouncil Supported by theAgencyfor Cultural Affairs, Government of Japanthrough Bunkacho Bach CollegiumJapanisvery grateful to have thesupportof: The Kao Foundation for Arts andSciences And BBC Music Magazine Music BBC

Award. This season sees sees season Award. This St Matthew Passion St Matthew Tuomo Suni Rie Kimura Marina Kakuno Yukie Yamaguchi Violin 2 Isabelle SeulaLee Mika Akiha Azumi Takada Terakado Ryo Violin 1 Yukihiro Yamamoto (Peter &Pilate) Yusuke Watanabe Chiyuki Urano Daisuke Fujii Bass leader

Cello Rainer Zipperling gamba/Cello Viola da Few Evan Hiroshi Narita Viola C. in Mass the 5 and No Symphony comprising year includes a celebratory Beethoven concert this City, Tokyo which and Opera Hall Suntory Tokyo’s at ofconcerts series regular its gives also It Poland. and France, Germany in centres musical major other as well Paris, as and Madrid London, Dublin, toBrussels, visits includes that tour European current the with anniversary 30th its marks ensemble the year This Festival. Arts International Zealand New and Leipzig Bachfest Festival, Kong Arts Hong Festival, Flanders Festival, Proms, Edinburgh BBC the as such festivals major York at and Seoul, and Liliko Maeda Kiyomi Suga Flute Frank Coppieters Double Bass Toru Yamamoto

Masato Suzuki Harpsichord Haru Kitamika Organ Eckhard Lenzing Contrabassoon Yukiko Murakami Bassoon Go Arai San’nomiya Masamitsu

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Hugh Carswell MacMillan’s James to Sir Gallus’s works vocal evocative new, and old music from through journey acontinuous tocreate are woven together orchestra string and voices for works Evocative Tue 31 Mar 7.30pm, Milton Court Consort Dunedin Scottish Ensemble and we can recommend the following concerts: following the recommend we can youIf enjoyed today’s performances, soon yousee again to We hope whatever time you choose to visit. to visit. you choose time whatever free, always and open always It’s events. and commissions youwhere can installations, see G, space Level avibrant visit also You can architecture. Brutalist iconic ofour history to the introduction are agreat tours towers, Barbican ofthe heights soaring to the theatre ofthe depths sunken the From Barbican the Discover Seven Last Words the Cross Seven Last from

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Ilya Shapko Arcangelo and director Jonathan Cohen. as brilliant and lively as ensemble an for perfect absolutely is universe ofthe vision cosmic grandeur. Haydn’s life-affirming of music in told story creation Biblical The Wed 7.30pm, 1Apr Hall Haydn’sArcangelo: Creation