Past Events

Bach Feast Days: Epiphany

Wigmore Hall, London

10 January 2022, 7:30pm

Charlotte Shaw soprano
Helen Charlston mezzo-soprano
Jeremy Budd tenor
Ashley Riches bass-baritone

The feast of Epiphany has traditionally been celebrated on January 6, the date when Bach’s Cantata No. 65 was first heard in Leipzig in 1724 as part of his first cantata cycle. His Cantata No. 156 is later, initially performed on the third Sunday of Epiphany, January 23 1729.

Anon
Puer natus in Bethlehem

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Sie werden aus Saba alle kommen BWV65
Pastorale in F BWV590
Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele BWV180

INTERVAL

Johann Sebastian Bach
Ich steh’ mit einem Fuss im Grabe BWV156
Sinfonia
Mass in F BWV233