VISION.BACH
"Understanding life with Bach"
23 concerts • 10 double CD's • Gaechinger Cantorey • Hans-Christoph Rademann
OPUS KLASSIK for VISION.BACH!
Hans-Christoph Rademann and the Gaechinger Cantorey are awarded the OPUS KLASSIK 2024 in the category "Choral Recording of the Year" for "Johann Sebastian Bach: The First Cantata Year" Vol. 1.
"We are honored to receive the OPUS KLASSIK. The Gaechinger Cantorey and the entire Bachakademie team can be proud of it. My thanks go to the musicians of our ensemble and the sponsors whose great commitment made this project possible in the first place. I also see the prize as a confirmation of our work. It shows once again that Stuttgart is an important crystallization point for the international reception of Bach." Hans-Christoph Rademann (Academy Director)
The award-winning opening album of the ten-part series on hänssler Classic features the cantatas "Die Elenden sollen essen" (BWV 75), "Die Himmel erzählen die Ehre Gottes" (BWV 76), "Ein ungefärbt Gemüte" (BWV 24), "Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis" (BWV 21.3) and "Barmherziges Herze der ewigen Liebe" (BWV 185.2) by Johann Sebastian Bach. Alongside Hans-Christoph Rademann and his Gaechinger Cantorey, Miriam Feuersinger and Natasha Schnur (soprano), Alex Potter (alto), Patrick Grahl and Benedikt Kristjánsson (tenor) as well as Tobias Berndt and Matthias Winckhler (bass) will perform the solo parts.
The media partner for this major project is the music label hänssler Classic. "The collaboration with the Bachakademie has a long tradition," says Günter Hänssler. "It began in 1976 under my father and continues to this day. The CD edition of these Bach cantatas is definitely a milestone in our very fruitful relationship."
The VISION
The focus of the 2023/24 season of the International Bach Academy Stuttgart was Johann Sebastian Bach's first year in Leipzig. From May 20, 1723, the new Thomaskantor threw himself into the composition and performance of new cantatas with real zeal: Leipzig churchgoers were treated to over sixty pieces of this kind up until Trinity Sunday the following year. Sunday after Sunday, holiday after holiday, including Christmas, Easter, Ascension and Pentecost. Exactly 300 years later, all of these cantatas were performed in 23 concerts with the Gaechinger Cantorey under the direction of Hans-Christoph Rademann in Stuttgart and the surrounding area.
The VISION
VISION.BACH is the name of this ambitious project. VISION, to give an idea of what Bach actually achieved in this short span of time. VISION, because with his music he obviously succeeded in addressing the people who heard it week after week in Leipzig, in illustrating, deepening, interpreting the word of the Gospel with a new, individual art. VISION to think again about this music, about what it has to say to us today in connection with the texts.
CD-Edition »The First Cantata Year« bei hänssler CLASSIC – Die Künstler:innen
Vol. 1 – Kantaten BWV 75, 76, 21.3, 185.2, 24 – erschienen am 3. November 2023
Vol. 2 – Kantaten BWV 167, 147, 186, 136 – erschienen am 2. Februar 2024
Vol. 3 – Kantaten BWV 105, 46, 179, 199.3, 69.1, 77, 25, 119 – erschienen am 7. Juni 2024
Vol. 4 – Kantaten BWV 138, 95, 48, 162.2, 109, 89, 163 – erschienen am 6. September 2024
Vol. 5 – Kantaten BWV 194.2, 60, 90, 70.2, 61, 63 – erschienen am 1. November 2024
Vol. 6 – Magnificat BWV 243.1, Kantaten BWV 40, 64, 190.1, 153, 65 – erschienen am 6. Dezember 2024
Vol. 7 – Kantaten BWV 154, 155, 73, 81, 83, 144, 18.2, 181 – erscheint am 16. Mai 2025
The 23 VISION.BACH concerts
01 – Sun May 14, 2023 – Vom Licht der Vernunft – Cantatas BWV 75, 76
02 – Sat June 24, 2023 – Den Nächsten nicht vergessen – Cantatas BWV 21.3, 24, 185.2, 167, 147
03 – Sat July 8, 2023 – Die Welt als große Wüstenei – Cantatas BWV 186, 136
04 – Thu July 20, 2023 – Aus Bachs Leipziger Kantatenschatz
& Fri July 21, 2023 – Dem Vater die Rechnung übergeben – Cantatas BWV 105, 46, 76
05 – Thu August 1, 2023 – Macht dies wohl einen Christen aus? – Cantatas BWV 179, 199.3, 105
06 – Sat Sept. 9, 2023 – Die Zehn Gebote – Cantatas BWV 69.1, 77
07 – Sat Sept. 16, 2023 – Die Obrigkeit ist Gottes Gabe – Cantatas BWV 25, 119
08 – Sat Oct. 7, 2023 – Armut tötet – Cantatas BWV 138, 95, 48
09 – Sat Oct. 14, 2023 – Himmelsglanz und Höllenflammen – Cantatas BWV 162.2, 109, 89
10 – Sat Nov. 18, 2023 – Vergehe, Welt, mit deiner Pracht – Cantatas BWV 163, 194.2
11 – Sat Nov 25, 2023 – Der Geist ist willig, doch das Fleisch ist schwach – Cantatas BWV 60, 90, 70.2
12 – Sun Dec. 17, 2023 – Er stürzt die Mächtigen vom Thron – Cantatas BWV 61, 63, Magnificat BWV 243.1
13 – Fri Dec. 29, 2023 – Sehet, welch eine Liebe – Cantatas BWV 40, 64
14 – Sa Jan. 6, 2024 – Stürmt, ihr Trübsalswetter – Cantatas BWV 190.1, 153, 65
15 – Sat Jan. 13, 2024 – Die Stimme meines Freundes – Cantatas BWV 154, 155
16 – Sat Jan 20, 2024 – Vom Sterben in Frieden – Cantatas BWV 73, 81, 83
17 – Sat Feb. 17, 2024 – Ein andrer sorgt nur für den Bauch – Cantatas BWV 144, 181, 18.2
18 – Sat Feb. 24, 2024 – Meine Seel’ auf Rosen geht – Cantata BWV 182
19 – Sat April 6, 2024 – Der Himmel lacht! – Cantatas BWV 4, 31.2, 66.2
20 – Sat April 13, 2024 – Der Liebe Kraft – Cantatas BWV 134.2, 67
21 – Sat April 27, 2024 – Was nützen meine Sorgen? – Cantatas BWV 104, 12, 166
22 – Sun May 12, 2024 – Zum Himmel wandern – Cantatas BWV 86, 37, 44
23 – Fri May 31, 2024 – Erschallet, ihr Lieder! – Cantatas BWV59, 172.2, 173.2, 184.2
VISION.BACH – breathtaking!
VISION.BACH – historical!
VISION.BACH – in conversation!
In each concert of VISION.BACH we welcome a public figure, with whom we get into conversation about the respective topic of the concerts. Among others we are looking forward to: Dr.-Ing. E. h. Peter Leibinger, Prof. Dr. Hans-Joachim Eckstein, Landtagspräsidentin Muhterem Aras, ARD-Korrespondent Hans-Jörg Armbruster, Historikerin Prof. Dr. Hedwig Richter, Schriftstellerin Anna Katharina Hahn, and many more...
VISION.BACH – at special places!
VISION.BACH radiates from Stuttgart with a total of five halls and churches (Liederhalle, Christus-, Gedächtnis-, Johannes-, Gaisburger Kirche) into the surrounding area of Württemberg: from Tübingen to Schorndorf, from Herrenberg via Esslingen to Ludwigsburg. In addition, the minster in Heilsbronn in Middle Franconia, as part of the Bachwoche Ansbach. Concerts with this repertoire also take the Gaechinger Cantorey to Leipzig (Bachfest), Zöblitz (Silbermann-Tage), Arnstadt (Thüringer Bachwochen) and Schaffhausen (Bachfest).
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