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'The light of the cantatas'

The fourth concert of the 2019-2020 Season of the Studium Aureum Foundation is dedicated to three of Johann Sebastian Bach's cantatas (1685-1750). It is directed by Carles Ponseti and, half an hour before the concert, the composer Mercè Pons will give a talk about the works and their author.

The term cantata was born in Italy in the 16th century and basically served to distinguish sung music (da cantare) from the play with instruments or sonata (da sonare). Later the cantata outlines its shape as a chain of parts with their own independent personality, but linked by an idea or main theme.

The most significant parts of the J. S. Bach cantata are: Symphony (no obligatoria), Aria, Recitativo, Arioso, Coral and Choir.

In this concert will take part as soloists:
Raquel Ribas (soprano), David Sagastume (contratenor), Antonio Aragón (tenor), Elies Benito (bass), Jacobo Díaz (oboe)

Instrumentalists:
Ramon Andreu (violin), Margalida Gual (violin / viola), M José Gómez de la Vega (viola), Miquel Àngel Aguiló (cello), Jacobo Díaz (oboe), Pere Casselles (bassoon), Bartomeu Mut (organ)

Chorus:
Sopranos: M José Campaner, Bàrbara Femeníes, Mireia Martínez, Maria Mulet, Maria Rosselló Pérez, Maria Rosselló, Raquel Ribas, Francesca M Salas
Contracts: Gemma Clarissó, Amelia Forteza, Joana M Furió, Petra Genestra, Rose-Marie Iglesias, Montserrat Sobrevias
Tenors: Jordi Homs, Guillem Nicolau, Detlef Reshoft, Joan Serra
Basses: Joan J. Fiol, Jaume Llull, Pere Mateu, Llorenç Melià, José Gabriel Serrano, Joan Carles Simó

Program:

Cantata BWV 166. “Wo gehest du hin”
1. Aria “Wo gehest du hin” (basso)
2. Aria "Ich will an den Himmel denken" (tenor)
3. Choral “Ich bitte dich, Herr Jesu Christ” (soprano)
4. Recitative “Gleichwie die Regenwasser bald verfliesen” (basso)
5. Aria “Man nehme sich in acht” (high)
6. Choral “Wer weiß, wie nahe mir mein Ende”

Cantata BWV 156. “Ich steh mit einem Fuß im Grabe”
1. Symphony
2. Aria “Ich steh mit einem Fuß im Grabe” (soprano, tenore)
3. Recitative “Mein Angst und Not” (basso)
4. Aria “Herr, was du willt” (high)
5. Recitative “Und willst du” (basso)
6. Choral “Herr, wie du willt”

Cantata BWV 131. “Aus der Tiefen rufe ich, Herr, zu dir”
1. Sinfonia e Coro “Aus der Tiefen rufe ich, Herr, zu dir”
2. Aria with Corale “So du willt, Herr, Sünde zu rechnen” (Soprano e Basso)
3. Chorus "Ich harre des Hernn"
4. Aria with Corale “Meine Seele wartet auf dem Herrn” (Alto e Tenore)
5. Chorus “Israel, hoffe auf den Herrn”