BachArkaden by Various, De la (2023/2023), Dirijor Wolfgang Katschner, Theater Wittenberge, Wittenberge, Germany

Two ECHO Klassik award winners meet under the BachArkaden to reinterpret the music of Johann Sebastian Bach: the singers of the Calmus Ensemble & the musicians of the lautten compagney BERLIN. Bach's chorales form the pillars on which they build a new vault of sound with curiosity and a love of experimentation. Marimba and saxophone give him freshness and lightness. And with a lot of wit and charm, the unfamiliar is added to familiar chorales such as "Wake up, the voice calls us". Supported by the foundations of Bach's music, surprising arches of sound emerge that swing out freely and widely: from the old vocal polyphony of the Renaissance to contemporary works. With every chorale by Bach, new musical spaces open up.