Ach, dass ich Wassers gnug hätte

Songs that search for points of light in the darkness between complaint, regret and hope are so beautiful. Countertenor Maarten Engeltjes and PRJCT Amsterdam show this. The press praises PRJCT Amsterdam for 'roundness of tone and flexibility in sound' (Forum Opéra) and as a great pleasure'. 'Virtuoso', Trouw wrote about Engeltjes. And if anyone could mourn in music and offer comfort, it was Bach.

Ach, dass ich Wassers gnug hätte

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Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ

Piet Heinkade 1

1019 BR Amsterdam

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Laments from the Baroque period

This concert offers an anthology of the most beautiful laments from the Baroque period. The sorrow is expressed in the lament, a beloved aria type for composers that took off then. Not only in the hands of Johann Sebastian Bach but also in those of his cousin Johann Christoph, 'a profound composer', according to Johann Sebastian.

19:00 - Lecture on early music by Jan Van den Bossche.

Bach and the alto voice

Bach wrote some of his most moving arias for the alto voice, the most famous highlight being the aria Erbarme dich from the St. Matthew Passion. Did this voice type have a specific significance for him or for German Baroque music in general? And who actually sang these arias? A choirboy or a grown man using his head voice? Or was Bach perhaps also inspired by his second wife, Anna Magdalena, who was an excellent singer? This course will explore the role of the alto voice in Bach's oeuvre, using some of his most beautiful arias and solo cantatas.

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