Name: Easter Oratorio
Start: 2024-03-27T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2024-03-27T00:00:00.000Z
Location: South Bank Centre

Organization

Admin

Southbank Centre

Conductor

Peter Whelan

Singer

Miriam Allan

Soprano

Ruairi Bowen

Tenor

Rebecca Leggett

Mezzo-Soprano

Others

Choir of the Age of Enlightenment

Orchestra

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

Easter Oratorio

London

United Kingdom

Queen Elizabeth Hall

Easter Oratorio: Erfreut euch, ihr Herzen, BWV 66 Bach, J. S. (+2 More)

Public

Concert

Erfreut euch, ihr Herzen, BWV 66

Stay with us, because evening is coming, BWV 6

Wir danken dir, Gott, wir danken dir, BWV 29

Approved

South Bank Centre

Composed in 1725, the piece is an extended cantata that displays Bach’s consummate skill as a storyteller.

After a boisterous opening, it pitches listeners into the drama of the disciples – represented by the quartet of soloists – with heartfelt arias for the two Marys and Peter reflecting on their fears and hopes.

The two other works on this evening’s programme, ‘Erfreut euch, ihr Herzen’ (Rejoice, You Hearts) and ‘Bleib bei uns, denn es will Abend werden’ (Stay with us, for Evening Falls) were both composed for performance on the Monday after Easter.

Peter Whelan is one of the outstanding new generation exponents of historical performance and has been described as a director of ‘rich insight, style and charisma’ (The Guardian).

In demand across Europe and North America, he is the artistic director of the Irish Baroque Orchestra and won an Olivier Award in 2022 for ‘outstanding achievement in opera’ for the Royal Opera/Irish National Opera production Bajazet.

The soloists for this concert feature the members of the latest cohort of the OAE’s Rising Stars of the Enlightenment scheme for singers.

English

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Ensemble