Freiburger Barockorchester: Bach+Telemann

In its fourth concert of the 2025/26 season, the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra dedicates itself to sacred music for Lent - with a mass by Johann Sebastian Bach and expressive cantatas by Georg Philipp Telemann, together with Vox Luminis under the direction of Lionel Meunier.

Johann Sebastian Bach
Missa brevis in G major BWV 236
Georg Philipp Telemann
Es ist das Heil uns kommen her TWV 1:494
Zwei Jünger gehen nach Emmaus TWV 1:738
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Vox Luminis
Freiburger Barockorchester
Lionel Meunier: Bass & Conductor
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For Lent, it doesn't always have to be a Passion setting by Bach - there are countless other Baroque works that focus on the suffering of Christ. These include Telemann, who wrote over 1,700 cantatas. His cantata collection "Geistliches Singen und Spielen", composed in Eisenach around 1710, comprises 72 works. The texts are mainly by Erdmann Neumeister, who attributed theological significance to music both in church services and for personal devotion.
The cantatas are therefore extremely varied - from large-scale festive music to introverted chamber music. For this program, Lionel Meunier, musical director of Vox Luminis, has chosen a varied selection from Telemann's collection as well as Bach's Missa brevis in G major BWV 236.
In collaboration with the International Bach Academy Stuttgart

Free introductory lecture at 7.15 pm in the Mozart Hall
Free arrival and departure by public transport: use of the VVS is included in the ticket.