Bach Cantatas for Solo Voices
Saturday, May 10 • 7:30 pm
Series Subscription Concert
St. Mark’s Lutheran Church
1001 Queens Road, Charlotte, NC 28207
General Admission: $36.75
Premium Preferred Seating: $52.50
30&Under (ages 18–30): $15.00 per concert (general admission)
Under 18: Free
Sunday, May 11 • 3:00 pm
Lancaster Cultural Arts Center
307 West Gay Street, Lancaster, SC 29720
Tickets available through the Lancaster Cultural Arts Center
Johann Sebastian BACH Concerto for Violin and Oboe, BWV 1060R
JS BACH Ich habe genug, BWV 82 (I have enough)
JS BACH Vergnügte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust, BWV 170 (Delightful rest, beloved pleasure of the soul)
Edmund Milly, bass
Nicholas Garza, countertenor
Aisslinn Nosky, leader/violin
Janelle Davis, violin/viola
Renée Hemsing, violin
Guy Fishman, cello
Kristin Olson, oboe
Ian Watson, organ
Bach Akademie Charlotte presents two of Johann Sebastian Bach’s most beloved solo cantatas, featuring veteran soloists Edmund Milly (bass) and Nicholas Garza (countertenor).
Ich habe genug, BWV 82 (I have enough) is a church cantata that conveys the exhausted soul’s yearning for death’s sweet release, expressed enchantingly in the well-known ‘slumber aria’ Schlummert ein, ihr matten Augen (slumber, you tired eyes).
Vergnügte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust, BWV 170 (Delightful rest, beloved pleasure of the soul) is a church cantata that begins in a place of peace and harmony, and then laments hearts that are set against God,before concluding with the believer’s desire to die in order to be freed of all sin.
Also featured is Bach’s Concerto for Violin and Oboe, BWV 1060R. By the early 1700s, The ‘Vivaldian’ solo concerto was causing a stir throughout Europe, including Germany. Bach’s Concerto for Violin and Oboe is a reconstruction of the supposed original form of a concerto for two harpsichords. Oboist Kristin Olson joins us as guest soloist in both cantatas and performs alongside Aisslinn Nosky in Bach’s Concerto for Violin and Oboe, BWV 1060R.
