Montreal Bach Festival

Johann Sebastian Bach

Partita No. 3 in E major, BWV 1006
Sonata No. 3 in C major, BWV 1005
Partita No .2 in D minor, BWV1004
Sonata No. 2 in A minor, BWV 1003

Isabelle Faust, violin

Isabelle Faust will perform four of Bach’s six grandiose works for solo violin, including the sublime chaconne, rightly considered to be the summit of solo violin repertoire.

Isabelle Faust performs on the 1704 “Sleeping Beauty” Stradivarius

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This concert will be repeated on Thursday, November 10 at 8 pm and  Friday, November 11 at 10:30 am

Johann Sebastian Bach

St John Passion, BWV 245

Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Chœur de l’OSM
Kent Nagano, conductor
Sibylla Rubens, soprano
Ingeborg Danz, alto
Martin Mitterrutzner, tenor (arias)
Christoph Genz, tenor (evangelist)
Tyler Duncan, baritone (arias)
Markus Werba, baritone
Philippe Sly, bass baritone (Pilatus)

The St John Passion has been described as the more strikingly bold and powerfully expressive of the two extant oratorios Bach wrote on the Passion of Christ. Kent Nagano, the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal and the OSM Choir will perform this masterpiece of sacred drama along with such acclaimed soloists as Sibylla Rubens, Christoph Genz and Markus Werba.

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This concert will be repeated on Thursday, November 10 at 8 pm and  Friday, November 11 at 10:30 am

Johann Sebastian Bach

St John Passion, BWV 245

Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Chœur de l’OSM
Kent Nagano, conductor
Sibylla Rubens, soprano
Ingeborg Danz, alto
Martin Mitterrutzner, tenor (arias)
Christoph Genz, tenor (evangelist)
Tyler Duncan, baritone (arias)
Markus Werba, baritone
Philippe Sly, bass baritone (Pilatus)

The St John Passion has been described as the more strikingly bold and powerfully expressive of the two extant oratorios Bach wrote on the Passion of Christ. Kent Nagano, the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal and the OSM Choir will perform this masterpiece of sacred drama along with such acclaimed soloists as Sibylla Rubens, Christoph Genz and Markus Werba.

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This concert will be repeated on Thursday, November 10 at 8 pm and  Friday, November 11 at 10:30 am

Johann Sebastian Bach

St John Passion, BWV 245

Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Chœur de l’OSM
Kent Nagano, conductor
Sibylla Rubens, soprano
Ingeborg Danz, alto
Martin Mitterrutzner, tenor (arias)
Christoph Genz, tenor (evangelist)
Tyler Duncan, baritone (arias)
Markus Werba, baritone
Philippe Sly, bass baritone (Pilatus)

The St John Passion has been described as the more strikingly bold and powerfully expressive of the two extant oratorios Bach wrote on the Passion of Christ. Kent Nagano, the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal and the OSM Choir will perform this masterpiece of sacred drama along with such acclaimed soloists as Sibylla Rubens, Christoph Genz and Markus Werba.

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Heinrich Ignaz von Biber
Sonata a 5 “Der Nachtwächter”

Johann Rosenmüller
Sonata a 5 in G minor (from Studenten-Music, Leipzig 1654)

Dietrich Buxtehude
Cantatas “Singet dem Herrn” and “Herr wenn ich nur dich hab”

Johann Schmelzer
Balletto a 4 “Fechtschule” in G major

Johann Sebastian Bach
Cantata “Ich Habe Genug”, BWV 82 (version for soprano and flute, Leipzig, 1730)

Ensemble Masques
Hana Blazikova, soprano
Sophie Gent and Tuomo Suni, violins
Anne Thivierge, flute
Kathleen Kajioka, viola
Mélisande Corriveau, bass viol and cello
Benoît Vanden Bemden, violone
Olivier Fortin, harpsichord, organ and conductor

Imagine attending one of Buxtehude’s famous “Abendmusiken” at the Marienkirche in seventeeth-century Lübeck. Relive such a captivating evening with the excellent Baroque group Ensemble Masques performing works by Biber, Buxtehude, Bach and others.

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Johann Sebastian Bach

Coffee Cantata, BWV 211
Peasant Cantata, BWV 212

McGill Chamber Orchestra
Boris Brott, conductor
Pascale Beaudin, soprano
Jacques-Olivier Chartier, tenor
Nathaniel Watson, baritone

Two of Bach’s secular cantatas, one praising the bourgeois’
charmant vice – the love of coffee – and the other a bit of
comical buffoonery filled with airs to sing and dance. Join
Boris Brott, the McGill Chamber Orchestra and the invited
soloists in these amusing moments.

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Antonio Vivaldi

Concerto for cello in G minor, RV 416
Gloria, RV 589

Choir and Orchestra of Theatre of Early Music

Daniel Taylor, counter tenor and conductor
Matt Haimovitz, cello
Agnes Zsigovics, soprano

Treat yourself to Antonio Vivaldi’s Gloria, his most famous piece of sacred music as well as to the Cello Concerto in G minor, one of the few important cello concertos to have been written before the 19th century. Known for his outstanding performances of contemporary works, the cello virtuoso Matt Haimovitz displays his great versatility as one of the evening’s soloists.

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Dietrich Buxtehude
Prelude and Fugue in D major, BuxWV 139
Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern in G major, BuxWV 223
Fugue in C major, BuxWV 174
Passacaglia in D minor, BuxWV 161
Komm, heiliger Geist, Herre Gott in F major, BuxWV 199

François Couperin
Missa II: Offertoire et Elévation in G major

Johann Sebastian Bach
Fugue in G minor, BWV 578
O Gott du frommer Gott in C minor, BWV 767
Prelude et Fugue in E flat major, BWV 552 (from Clavier-Übung III)

Three composers, two traditions: Buxtehude and Bach, both firmly anchored in the North-German Lutheran tradition of church music, and Couperin equally strongly tied to his French Catholic musical heritage. A colourful mix of sacred and secular works for organ, which includes Buxtehude’s famous Passacaglia in D minor.

Présentation par le soliste

en anglais seulement / in english only

Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich

Shostakovich Preludes and Fugues op. 84 and their historical counterparts

Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich
Prelude in C major
Prelude in B flat minor , no. 3
Fugue in B flat minor
Prelude in G sharp minor
Prelude in B flat major
Prelude in B minor
Prelude in A major
Prelude and Fugue in A minor , no. 2
Prelude and Fugue in C minor
Prelude and Fugue in D minor , no. 24

George Frideric Handel
Lascia la spina, cogli la rosa from “Trionfo del Tempo e della Verita”" (arr. for harpsichord solo and piano solo)

Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck
Variations “Ich fuhr mich über Rheine” (Ick voer al over Rhijn)

Henry Purcell
When I am laid in earth from “Dido and Aenaes” (arr. for piano solo)

Johann Sebastian Bach
From Book I of the Well-Tempered Clavier
Prelude in D major , BWV 850
Prelude and Fugue in C minor , BWV 847

From Book II of the Well-Tempered Clavier
Prelude in G minor , BWV 885
Prélude in D major , BWV 874

Nicolai Medtner
Russian Tale from Three Tales, op. 42

Ilya Poletaev, piano, harpsichord and organ

Dmitri Shostakovich’s 24 Preludes and Fugues op. 84 were written as a homage to Johann Sebastian Bach’s Wohltemperiertes Clavier. Ilya Poletaev, pianist, harpsichordist and organist, combines a number of Shostakovich’s Preludes and Fugues, some of Bach’s own with well-known Baroque favourites such as Handel’s “Lascia la spina, cogli la rosa” and Purcell’s “When I am laid in earth”.

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Johann Sebastian Bach
Goldberg Variations, BWV 988
Arr. by Uri Caine

Uri Caine and Ensemble
Uri Caine, piano
Jim Black, percussion
Chris Speed, clarinette
Barbara Walker, voc
trumpet
violin
bass

Uri Caine’s Goldberg Variations, a unique homage to Bach’s famous work is presented here in an elegant, entertaining and virtuoso adaptation for seven performers. Including interpretations of some of Bach’s own variations as well as Uri Caine’s witty “reimaginations” based on Bach’s theme.

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This concert will be repeated on Saturday, November 19 at 8 pm and on Sunday, November 20 at 2 pm

Johann Sebastian Bach

Cantata : “Widerstehe doch der Sünde” for alto, strings and basso continuo, BWV 54
Cantata : “Vergnügte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust”: oboe d’amore, organ , transverse flute, strings and basso continuo, BWV 170
Brandenburg concerto N° 3 in F major,  BWV 1047
Suite N° 2 in B minor for flute, strings and basso continuo, BWV 1047
Concerto for oboe in A major, BWV 1055

Arion Orchestre Baroque

Jaap ter Linden, Cello and conductor
Meg Bragle, mezzo-soprano

This concert will be repeated on Saturday, November 19 at 8 pm and on Sunday, November 20 at 2 pm

Johann Sebastian Bach

Cantata : “Widerstehe doch der Sünde” for alto, strings and basso continuo, BWV 54
Cantata : “Vergnügte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust”: oboe d’amore, organ , transverse flute, strings and basso continuo, BWV 170
Brandenburg concerto N° 3 in F major,  BWV 1047
Suite N° 2 in B minor for flute, strings and basso continuo, BWV 1047
Concerto for oboe in A major, BWV 1055

Arion Orchestre Baroque

Jaap ter Linden, Cello and conductor
Meg Bragle, mezzo-soprano

This concert will be repeated on Saturday, November 19 at 8 pm and on Sunday, November 20 at 2 pm

Johann Sebastian Bach

Cantata : “Widerstehe doch der Sünde” for alto, strings and basso continuo, BWV 54
Cantata : “Vergnügte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust”: oboe d’amore, organ , transverse flute, strings and basso continuo, BWV 170
Brandenburg concerto N° 3 in F major,  BWV 1047
Suite N° 2 in B minor for flute, strings and basso continuo, BWV 1047
Concerto for oboe in A major, BWV 1055

Arion Orchestre Baroque

Jaap ter Linden, Cello and conductor
Meg Bragle, mezzo-soprano