Bach Akademie Australia presents ‘Bach’s Universal Light’ for Melbourne Digital Concert Hall, a journey from darkness into light through Bach’s universal genius, reflecting the difficult times for many of us this year. Performed in and broadcast from Sydney’s National Art School, ‘In memoriam’ for 2020, they begin with his haunting early cantata ‘Actus Tragicus’. Paring…
Comfort and Joy – Cantatas for Christmas Bach Akademie Australia Christ Church St Laurence, Sydney 29 November 2019 First there was Comfort – the cantata Süßer Trost BWV 151, by J S Bach, followed by his Orchestral Suite No 2 in B minor BWV 1067. Then the heavens opened in an outpouring of Joy with…
Acclaimed violinist and concertmaster Madeleine Easton leads her Bach Akademie Australia with 36 of Australia’s finest baroque instrumentalists and singers through J S Bach’s most sublime and joyous Christmas cantatas in three Sydney concerts. Easton’s remarkable period instrument ensemble, now celebrating its third year, will perform Comfort and Joy – Cantatas for Christmas, comprising the…