High Mass with Bach ’ s Cantata no . 172 m
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BERGEN INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL 2017
Mini Concert
069
with Guro Kleven Hagen & Marianna Shirinyan m
APOLLON
DATE / TIME Tuesday 30 May at 20:00
Free admission
High Mass with Bach ’ s Cantata no . 172 m
BERGEN DOMKIRKE ( BERGEN CATHEDRAL )
DATE / TIME Sunday 04 June at 11:00
DURATION 1:30
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION The Bach Cantata is performed as part of High Mass .
Free admission
Bergen Domkor ( Bergen Cathedral Choir ), soloists and a baroque orchestra perform the cantata Erschallet , ihr Lieder , erklinget ihr Saiten ! by Johann Sebastian Bach during the service in Bergen Cathedral on Pentecost Sunday .
Bach composed over 200 cantatas for use in Sunday services . Ring out , you songs ; sound , you strings !, composed for Whit Sunday ( Pentecost ), was performed for the first time in the Weimar palace church on 20 May 1714 . Pentecost , when the Holy Spirit descended to the apostles , is referred to as the birthday of the Christian church , and the cantata is a grandiose celebration of this day . Bach himself is said to have been particularly pleased with the work .
Bergen Domkor led by cantor Kjetil Almenning is considered one of Norway ’ s foremost chamber choirs .
Bergen Domkor Bergen Barokk Kjetil Almenning conductor
Aksel Rykkvin soprano Daniel René Sagstuen Sæther alto Erlend Tvinnereim tenor Ørjan Hartveit bass
Crescendo violinist Guro Kleven Hagen and pianist Marianna Shirinyan celebrate the launch of their new album with a free concert at Apollon . The disc , featuring chamber music by Ravel , Poulenc and Prokofiev , was recorded in Sofienberg Church in Oslo last year .
Apollon , which opened in 1976 , is one of the oldest record shops in Norway . Some years ago they went live with a bar and some seventy seats in the shop . For the third year running the Bergen International Festival invites you to a classic concert in the record bar , where the mood is casual .
Sponsored by Statoil Heroes of Tomorrow
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH ( 1685 – 1750 ) Erschallet , ihr Lieder , BWV 172
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