Sunday 30 March 2025 Cantata Service

17.00, Hooglandse Kerk, Nieuwstraat 20, Leiden
Jesu Meine Freude (BWV 227)

Leiden Chamber Choir directed by Dody Soetanto
Accompaniment: Willeke Smits (chest organ) and Nanneke Schaap (viola da gamba)
Pastor: Ds. Margreet Klokke

 

 

LOUTER LUTHER – LIKING LUTHER

From Bach to Pärt

Spring Concert Leiden Chamber Choir, director Dody Soetanto
Satuday 24 May 2025, 20.00 uur
Herengrachtkerk, Herengracht 68, Leiden
Accompaniment: Willeke Smits (chest organ) and Nanneke Schaap (viola da gamba)

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24 May 2025 at 20.00.

 

 

Johann Sebastian Bach’s musical inspiration was fueled by his Lutheran faith, which motivated him to get the very best out of himself. This faith formed the common thread in his work. The Leiden Chamber Choir has picked up that thread: the spring concert is composed of compositions by composers with Lutheran roots, from Bach’s beautiful motet ‘Jesu, meine Freude’ to the vulnerable and moving composition ‘The Deer’s Cry’ by Arvo Pärt. In musical terms, this has resulted in a great variety of compositions.

Programme

Johann Sebastian Bach: Jesu, meine Freude
Johann Kuhnau: Gott, sei mir gnädig
Hugo Distler: Das ist je gewisslich wahr
Jaakko Mäntyjärvi: Benedic anima mea Domino
Einojuhani Rautavaara: Canticum Mariae virginis
Knut Nystedt: Veni
Arvo Pärt: The Deer’s Cry

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