Bach Cantatas for Solo Voices

Friday, May 9 • 7:30 pm
The Cathedral of All Souls, Asheville, NC

Saturday, May 10 • 7:30 pm
Series Subscription Concert
Venue TBA
Charlotte, NC

Sunday, May 11 • 3:00 pm
Lancaster Cultural Arts Center, Lancaster, SC

Members of Bach Akademie Charlotte Choir & Orchestra
Aisslinn Nosky, violin/leader
Featuring 
Edmund Milly, bass
Nicholas Garza, countertenor
Kristin Olson, oboe
 

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.

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)

Individual tickets on sale soon.

General Admission: $36.75 per concert
Premium Preferred Seating: $52.50 per concert
30&Under (ages 18–30): $15.00 per concert (general admission)
Under 18: Free