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Early Music Vancouver

Countertenor (+3)

Iestyn Davies

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Fretwork

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Richard Boothby

Christ Church Cathedral, Vancouver

Countertenor Iestyn Davies, widely recognized as one of the world’s finest singers, joins the acclaimed viol consort Fretwork in this exploration of exquisite and deeply spiritual 17th-century German repertoire.

A beloved genre in the Baroque era, the lamento’s origins lay in early 17th century Italian opera, before finding its way into sacred music. It was quickly embraced by German sacred composers, who used its expressive nature to depict the sorrow of mankind’s sin and the tragic Passion of Christ. Johann Christoph Bach (1642-1703)’s Ach, dass ich Wassers gnug hätte, his best-known work that laments the sinfulness of humanity, forms the foundation of this programme that traverses across Baroque Germany.

Iestyn Davies & Fretwork: Lamento

Vancouver

Canada

Iestyn Davies & Fretwork: Lamento: Ach, dass ich Wassers gnug hätte Bach, Johann Christoph (+11 More)

Concert

Lament Ach, Dass Ich Wassers G'nug Hätte

Salve mi Jesu

An Wasserflüssen Babylon

Canzon super 'O Nachbar Roland', SSWV 66

Lamento

Suite No.14

Jubilate Domino, BuxWV 64

Suite No.7

Erbarm dich mein, o Herre Gott, SWV 447

Canzon super Cantionem Gallicam, SSWV 67

With Peace and Joy, BuxWV 76

O  dulce nomen Jesu

Saileshwaran Thirumurthy

JC Bach, Lamento | Iestyn Davies & Fretwork

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