From High To Low: Dramatic Cantatas for Soprano and Bass
Date: Sat, October 20th 2007Additional Time Info: 8:00 p.m.
External Link: Event Website
Related Series: The Bach Sinfonia 2007-2008 Season
Location: Woodside United Methodist Church
Featuring solo artist Jennifer Ellis Kampani, soprano and David Newman, bass-baritone
Johann Sebastian Bach
Ich habe genug, BWV 82
Dieterich Buxtehude
Herr, wenn ich nur dich habe, BuxWV 39
on the 300th anniversary of the composer's death
George Frederic Handel
La Terra è liberata (Apollo e Dafne), HWV 122
Guaranteed to move even the most staid, these remarkable cantatas present some of the most powerful music of the baroque for voice and orchestra. Ich habe genug recounts the story of Simeon welcoming the inner peace of death at the end of a long life. Likewise, the Buxtehude presents a reflective text of understanding and appreciation. Handel's secular Apollo e Dafne tells the tale of the beautiful nymph Dafne's attempts to reject the god Apollo's unwanted attention. In exasperation after her efforts fail, Dafne turns herself into a laurel bush, breaking the heart of the arrogant deity.