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Bach Collegium Japan Residency, Barbican Centre

On 08 Apr 16, 7:30 PM – 10:00 PM
On 09 Apr 16, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
On 09 Apr 16, 7:30 PM – 10:00 PM

Masaaki Suzuki's world-acclaimed ensemble visits London to perform Bach's choral masterworks

By CW Contributor on 27/8/2015

Bach Collegium Japan Residency, Barbican Centre
Bach Collegium Japan Residency, Barbican Centre
Bach Collegium Japan Residency, Barbican Centre Bach Collegium Japan Residency, Barbican Centre Joe Lloyd
Nothing travels quite like classical music. A few decades ago, Japan wasn’t a place you’d expect to find a world-class choral ensemble devoted to Bach. And yet, since 1990, there has been one. Masaaki Suzuki’s Bach Collegium Japan quietly built up a reputation as some of the most enchanting interpreters of the unmatched baroque genius.
In April, as part of the Barbican Centre’s 2015/16 season, the Collegium will be visiting London for a two-day residency. This is an opportunity to see specialists focusing on their core repertoire, bringing their depth of understanding to some of the most beguiling music ever composed.
At 19:30 on Apr 8, they will commence their residency with the titanic Mass in B Minor, commonly regarded as the supreme example of its genre. A compilation of movements written over several years, it nevertheless presents a startling unity of grace and grandeur. Performing the entire piece is a challenge that only the truly gifted can master. There’s little doubt that the Collegium will be up to it.
On Apr 9 at 13:00, the ensemble present an afternoon of choral motets and organ pieces in the atmospheric surroundings of St. Giles Cripplegate. Then, at 19:30, they will return to the hall for a final flourish. After the instrumental Orchestral Suite No.3 and Concerto for two violins, two pieces of the highest order, they will perform the cantata fragment ‘Bekennen will ich seinen Namen’, a calming alto solo before the rousing finish: the Magnificat, a triumphant Biblical setting. Throughout the day, there will be talks from the Collegium and leading Bach scholars about the composer’s music.
Tickets for the two hall concerts run from £18 to £48 including booking fee, with Young Barbican discounts for 16-25 year olds; tickets for the afternoon concert are £20.50 with the fee. 

What Bach Collegium Japan Residency, Barbican Centre
Where Barbican Centre, Silk Street, London, EC2Y 8DS | MAP
Nearest tube Barbican (underground)
When On 08 Apr 16, 7:30 PM – 10:00 PM
On 09 Apr 16, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
On 09 Apr 16, 7:30 PM – 10:00 PM
Price £18-48
Website Click here to book via the Barbican website



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