Music from the Heart: Mitteldeutschland
Sarasa Ensemble
January 13, 2022 Brookhaven in Lexington at 7.30pm
January 14, 2022 Brattleboro Music Center, VT at 7.30pm
January 15, 2022 Harvard-Epworth Methodist Church, Cambridge at 7.30pm
January 16, 2022 Follen Community Church, Lexington at 3.30pm
Following the devastation of Germany’s 30 Years War in the 17th century, the resurgence of music became the focal point of every town and village, a rich lineage that led to the likes of JS Bach. Works by Philipp Heinrich Erlebach, JA Reincken, CH Abel and JS Bach.
Reginald Mobley, countertenor; Elizabeth Blumenstock, Christina Day Martinson violins; Keats Dieffenbach, Jenny Stirling, violas; Jennifer Morsches, Timothy Merton, cellos; Michael Beattie, organ
Programme:
PH Erlebach Ouverture No 5 in F major for strings and basso continuo
JS Bach “Jesus ist ein guter Hirt” from BWV 85
CH Abel Battaille in D major for strings and basso continuo
PH Erlebach Air traquenar from Ouverture No IV in D minor
PH Erlebach motet “Trocknet euch ihr heissen Zähren”
JA Reincken Hortus Musicus IV in D minor for two violins and basso continuo
JS Bach Cantata BWV 54, “Widerstehe doch der Sünde”