Cantata Collective x The Polyphonists: BWV 76, 154
Die Himmel erzählen die Ehre Gottes, BWV 76
Mein liebster Jesus ist verloren, BWV 154
The Polyphonists
Amy Broadbent, soprano
Sylvia Leith, alto
Matthew Hill, tenor
Edmund Milly, bass
Washington Bach Consort: BWV 47
Wer sich selbst erhöhet, der soll erniedriget werden, BWV 47
Amy Nicole Broadbent, soprano
Edmund Milly, bass
Kevin Biggins Jr., organ
Free admission
Washington Bach Consort: BWV 47
Wer sich selbst erhöhet, der soll erniedriget werden, BWV 47
Amy Nicole Broadbent, soprano
Edmund Milly, bass
Kevin Biggins Jr., organ
Free admission
Washington Bach Consort: Bach's Polyphonic Heritage
What vocal traditions did Bach absorb from his ancestors, predecessors, and models? This year’s Vocal Polyphony program—devised by Bach scholar Dr. Daniel R. Melamed—offers a rewarding perspective into the music that shaped Bach’s creative environment. Featuring motets and liturgical works for four to eight voices from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, this program surveys the vocal traditions Bach inherited from the musical past. These works reveal a lineage of expressive craftsmanship and devotional fervor that would resonate variously throughout Bach’s own writing.
A group of eight singers from the Washington Bach Consort, joined by organ and violone, bring this broad-ranging repertoire to life. Music by Palestrina, Gallus, Andrea Gabrieli, Bernhard, Schütz, Walter, Knüpfer, Johann Christoph Bach, and Johann Ludwig Bach showcases the breadth and refinement of the polyphonic heritage Bach himself received.
Washington Bach Consort: Bach's Polyphonic Heritage
What vocal traditions did Bach absorb from his ancestors, predecessors, and models? This year’s Vocal Polyphony program—devised by Bach scholar Dr. Daniel R. Melamed—offers a rewarding perspective into the music that shaped Bach’s creative environment. Featuring motets and liturgical works for four to eight voices from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, this program surveys the vocal traditions Bach inherited from the musical past. These works reveal a lineage of expressive craftsmanship and devotional fervor that would resonate variously throughout Bach’s own writing.
A group of eight singers from the Washington Bach Consort, joined by organ and violone, bring this broad-ranging repertoire to life. Music by Palestrina, Gallus, Andrea Gabrieli, Bernhard, Schütz, Walter, Knüpfer, Johann Christoph Bach, and Johann Ludwig Bach showcases the breadth and refinement of the polyphonic heritage Bach himself received.
Res Facta: Josquin and the Franco-Flemish School
In the golden acoustic of the Basilica of St. Patrick's Old Cathedral, Res Facta Vocal Ensemble brings to life the music of Josquin des Prez and the Franco-Flemish masters — the composers who, in the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries, shaped the Golden Era of Western choral music.
The program features motets, mass movements, chansons, and frottolas by Josquin alongside works by de Rore, Senfl, Manchicourt, Créquillon, and Clemens non Papa — composers who spread the Franco-Flemish style across Europe, from the courts of Burgundy to the chapels of Rome, Vienna, and beyond.