Bach for Sunday October 6, 2024

New discographic releases:

Album “Jauchzet und Lobet”, Cantatas BWV 69a, 51, Anh 160 and 137, by the BachWerkVokal ensemble under the direction of Gordon Safari, new from the MDG label (released July 5, 2024).

Concert agenda:

Sunday October 6, 5 p.m., Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord“Bach with the family” (works by Johann Sebastian, Carl Philipp Emmanuel, Wilhelm Friedemann Bach(s), Georg Böhm and Johann Ludwig Krebs) by the ensemble Les Surprises, Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas (harpsichord and direction), with Marc Mauillon (baritone).

Sunday October 6, 5:30 p.m., Temple du Foyer de l’Âme, Paris (11th arrondissement)revival of the complete Bach Cantatas in Paris, now under the artistic direction of Frédéric Rivoal. Program: Cantata BWV 27 “Wer weiB, wie nahe mir mein Ende? » / “Who knows, my end is near? “.

Tuesday October 8, 9 p.m., Vannes (Auditorium des Carmes)Recital by Béatrice Martin (harpsichord) “Fantaisies”, from Bach to Mozart, as a prelude to the 14th European Academy of Early Music.

Friday October 11, 8 p.m., Saint-Etienne Cathedral“Bach à la française”, organ recital by François Ménissier, as part of the 14th edition of the Toulouse-les-Orgues Festival.

Friday October 11, 8:30 p.m., Saint-Crépin Church in Château-ThierryCantatas BWV 131, 13 and 106, program for the album “Anti-Melancholicus” by the Alia Mens ensemble (Olivier Spilmont, conductor) as part of the Jean de La Fontaine Festival. The Alia Mens ensemble opens a residency at the Jean de La Fontaine Festival until August 2027.

Saturday October 12, 11 a.m., TrégastelAgnès-Boissonnot-Guilbault & Nora Dargazanli will play transcriptions of Bach’s French suites (viol & harpsichord), as part of the Lanvellec Festival.

Saturday October 12, 8:30 p.m., Pleumeur-Bodouviolinist Leïla Schayegh performs Sonata No. 3 and Partitas No. 1 & No. 2, as part of the Lanvellec Festival.

Saturday October 12, 8 p.m., Salle Musicatreize in MarseilleBach & Scarlatti harpsichord recital by Pierre Hantaï, as part of the “Mars en baroque” festival.

20th anniversary tour of the Vox Luminis Ensembleunder the direction of Lionel Meunier with the Freiburger Barockorchester in the Mass in B minor: October 9 (Antwerp), October 10 (Berlin Philharmonic), October 11 (Stuttgart)

Cabinet of curiosities:

Bach Metamorphosis, Organ and Contortion, Yves Rechsteiner and Lise Pauton (Toulouse Les orgues, 2021):