The Bach Players
Concert Diary 2007
Bach arranging and arranged
J.S. Bach, Five fugues from the Well-tempered Clavier; arranged for string quartet by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Joseph Haydn, String quartet in F minor, op.20, no.5
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Stabat Mater in F minor for soprano, alto, strings and basso continuo; arranged by J.S. Bach on the text of Psalm 51: ‘Tilge, Höchster, meine Sünden’, BWV 1083
(Rachel Elliott soprano, Sally Bruce-Payne alto, Nicolette Moonen, Rodolfo Richter & Anne Schumann violin/viola, Alison McGillivray cello, Elizabeth Bradley double bass)
Thursday 20 September
St John’s Downshire Hill, Hampstead, London NW3
Bach in autumn
J.S. Bach, Cantata ‘Komm, du süsse Todesstunde’, BWV 161
Johann Rosenmüller, ‘O dives omnium’ / Sonata à 4 in C major / ‘Lieber, lieber Herre Gott’
J.S. Bach, The Art of Fugue II, BWV 1080
J.S. Bach, Cantata ‘Wer weiß, wie nahe mir mein Ende’, BWV 27
(Angharad Gruffydd Jones soprano, Sally Bruce-Payne alto, Nicolas Mulroy tenor, Peter Harvey bass, Nicolette Moonen & Rodolfo Richter violin, Marianna Szücs viola, Alison McGillivray cello, Catherine Latham oboe/recorder, James Eastaway oboe, Elizabeth Bradley double bass, Silas Standage organ)
Friday 23 November
St John’s Downshire Hill, Hampstead, London NW3
Concert Diary 2008
Haydn, The Seven Last Words
Joseph Haydn, The Seven Last Words of our Saviour on the Cross, op. 51 (for string quartet)
(Rodolfo Richter & Huw Daniel violin, Nicolette Moonen viola, Alison McGillivray cello)
Thursday 27 March, 7.30 pm
King of Hearts, Norwich
Friday 28 March, 8.00 pm
St John’s Downshire Hill, Hampstead, London NW3
Sunday 30 March, 4.00 pm
Castalia Hall, Ballytobin, Callan, Co. Kilkenny, Ireland
Warwick Bach Weekend
promoted by Leamington Music
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Solo Bach
J.S. Bach, Sonata 3 in C major for violin solo, BWV 1005
J.S. Bach, Suite 2 in D minor for cello solo, BWV 1008
(Rodolfo Richter violin, Alison McGillivray cello)
Saturday 17 May, 12.00 pm
Unitarian Chapel, High Street, Warwick
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Bach / Rosenmüller
J.S. Bach, Cantata ‘Komm, du süsse Todesstunde’, BWV 161
Johann Rosenmüller, ‘O dives omnium’ / Sonata à 4 in C major / ‘Lieber, lieber Herre Gott’
J.S. Bach, The Art of Fugue II, BWV 1080
J.S. Bach, Cantata ‘Wer weiß, wie nahe mir mein Ende’, BWV 27
(Angharad Gruffydd Jones soprano, Sally Bruce-Payne alto, Nicolas Mulroy tenor, Matthew Brook bass, Nicolette Moonen & Rodolfo Richter violin, Marianna Szücs viola, Alison McGillivray cello, Catherine Latham & James Eastaway oboe/recorder, Elizabeth Bradley double bass, Silas Standage organ)
Saturday 17 May, 7.30 pm
St Mary’s Church Warwick
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Bach arranging and arranged
J.S. Bach, Five fugues from the Well-tempered Clavier; arranged for string quartet by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
J.S. Bach, Italian Concerto in F major, BWV 971
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Stabat Mater in F minor for soprano, alto, strings and basso continuo; arranged by J.S. Bach on the text of Psalm 51: ‘Tilge, Höchster, meine Sünden’, BWV 1083
(Rachel Elliott soprano, Sally Bruce-Payne alto, Nicolette Moonen, Rodolfo Richter & Huw Daniel violin/viola, Alison McGillivray cello, Elizabeth Bradley double bass, Pawel Siwczak harpsichord)
Sunday 18 May, 3.00 pm
Holy Trinity Church, Beauchamp Avenue, Leamington
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Haydn and Boccherini: folk tunes
Johann Heinrich Schmelzer, Balleto à 4 ‘Fechtschule’ in G major
Joseph Haydn, String Quartet in C major, op. 54, no. 2
Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber, 2 Sonatas from ‘Fidicinium sacro-profanum’
Luigi Boccherini, Guitar Quintet in C major, G. 453 ‘La Ritirata di Madrid’
Luigi Boccherini, Guitar Quintet in D major, G. 448 ‘Fandango’
(Rodolfo Richter & Nicolette Moonen violin, Huw Daniel viola, Alison McGillivray cello, William Carter guitar)
Sunday 22 June, 3.00 pm
Stour Music, All Saints’, Boughton Aluph
Thursday 26 June
Hatchlands Park, Guildford
Monday 30 June, 8.00 pm
St John’s Downshire Hill, Hampstead, London NW3
Bach arranging and arranged
CD recording
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Stabat Mater in F minor for soprano, alto, strings and basso continuo; arranged by J.S. Bach on the text of Psalm 51: ‘Tilge, Höchster, meine Sünden’, BWV 1083
J.S. Bach, Five fugues from the Well-tempered Clavier; arranged for string quartet by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
(Rachel Elliott soprano, Sally Bruce-Payne alto, Nicolette Moonen, Rodolfo Richter & Huw Daniel violin/viola, Alison McGillivray cello, Elizabeth Bradley double bass, Pawel Siwczak organ)
Monday 23 to Wednesday 25 June
St Michael’s, Highgate, London N6
Every one a chaconne
J.S. Bach, Cantata ‘Nach dir, Herr, verlanget mich’, BWV 150
Philipp Heinrich Erlebach, Instrumental suite
Henry Purcell, Trio Sonata in G minor / Dido’s lament / Chacony in G minor
Cantata ‘Jesu, der du meine Seele’, BWV 78
(Rachel Elliott soprano, Clare Wilkinson alto, Nicholas Mulroy tenor, Matthew Brook bass, Nicolette Moonen, Rodolfo Richter & Anne Schumann violin, Rachel Stott viola, Alison McGillivray cello, Elizabeth Bradley double bass, Marion Moonen flute, James Eastaway & Catherine Latham oboe, Alastair Mitchell bassoon, Silas Standage organ)
Monday 24 November, 8.00 pm
St John’s Downshire Hill, Hampstead, London NW3
CD recording
Tuesday 25 to Thursday 27 November
St Michael’s, Highgate, London N6
Concert Diary 2009
In with the new
J.C. Bach, Quintet
C.P.E. Bach, Trio sonata in A minor
J.S.Bach, Canons and ricercar from the Musical Offering
Joseph Haydn, String quartet in G major, op.54, no.1
(Marion Moonen flute, Rodolfo Richter & Nicolette Moonen violin, Rachel Stott viola, Alison McGillivray cello, Silas Standage harpsichord)
Thursday 29 January, 7.30 pm
King of Hearts, Norwich
Saturday 31 January, 7.30 pm
St John’s Downshire Hill, Hampstead, London NW3
Bach arranging and arranged
J.S. Bach, Five fugues from the Well-tempered Clavier; arranged for string quartet by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Unico Willem van Wassenaer, Concerto grosso no.1 in G major
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Violin concerto in B flat major
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Stabat Mater in F minor for soprano, alto, strings and basso continuo; arranged by J.S. Bach on the text of Psalm 51: ‘Tilge, Höchster, meine Sünden’, BWV 1083
(Rachel Elliott soprano, Sally Bruce-Payne alto, Nicolette Moonen, Sophie Barber, Rodolfo Richter & Roy Mowatt violin, Rachel Stott viola, Alison McGillivray cello, Elizabeth Bradley double bass, Pawel Siwczak harpsichord)
Saturday 23 May, 7.30 pm
Beverley Early Music Festival, Beverley Minster, Beverley, East Yorkshire
Rendezvous in Vienna
Arcangelo Corelli, Trio sonata for two violins and basso continuo
Joseph Haydn, String quartet in A major, op.20 no.6 / Folk songs
Antonio Vivaldi, Cello sonata / Cantata ‘Cessate, omai cessate’
(Sally Bruce-Payne alto, Rodolfo Richter & Nicolette Moonen violin, Rachel Isserlis viola, Alison McGillivray cello, Silas Standage harpsichord)
Wednesday 16 September
East Cork Early Music Festival, CIT Cork School of Music
Friday 18 September, 7.30 pm
The King of Hearts, Norwich
Saturday 19 September, 7.30 pm
St John’s Downshire Hill, Hampstead, London NW3
Nun komm! Music for Advent and beyond
J.S. Bach, Cantata ‘Nun komm der heiden Heiland’, BWV 61
Philipp Heinrich Erlebach, Ouverture VI
Heinrich Isaac, ‘Innsbruck, ich muss dich lassen’
J.S. Bach, Cantata ‘In allen meinen Taten’, BWV 97
(Rachel Elliott soprano, Sally Bruce-Payne alto, Nicholas Mulroy tenor, Peter Harvey bass, James Eastaway & Catherine Latham oboe, Alastair Mitchell bassoon, Nicolette Moonen & Sophie Barber violin, Rachel Stott & Rachel Isserlis viola, Alison McGillivray cello, Elizabeth Bradley double bass, Silas Standage organ)
Friday 27 November, 7.30 pm
The King of Hearts at the Octagon Chapel, Norwich
Saturday 28 November 2009, 7.30 pm
St John’s Downshire Hill, Hampstead, London NW3
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CD recording
Monday 30 November to Wednesday 2 December
St Michael’s, Highgate, London N6
Concert Diary 2010
The Seven Last Words
Joseph Haydn, The Seven Last Words of our Saviour on the Cross, with readings from poetry and prose
(Rodolfo Richter & Rachel Isserlis violin, Nicolette Moonen viola, Kinga Gáborjáni cello; readers: Aude Gotto [Norwich] and James Eastaway [London])
Friday 9 April, 7.30 pm
The King of Hearts, Norwich
Saturday 10 April 2009, 7.30 pm
St John’s Downshire Hill, Hampstead, London NW3
Italy versus France
Lully, Corelli, Muffat, and the styles reunited
Jean Baptiste Lully, Ouverture and chaconne from Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme
Jean Henry d’Anglebert, Tombeau de M. de Chambonnières
Jean Fery Rebel, Tombeau de M. de Lully
Robert de Visée, Prelude and musette
Georg Muffat, Blanditiae from Florilegium secundum
Arcangelo Corelli, Trio sonata, op.2, no.12
Bernardo Pasquini, Toccata
François Couperin, Apothéose de Corelli
Georg Muffat, Armonico tributo: Sonata II
(Nicolette Moonen & Rachel Isserlis violin, Foskien Kooistra & Rachel Stott viola, Kinga Gáborjáni basse de violon / viola da gamba, Jakob Lindberg theorbo, Silas Standage harpsichord)
Wednesday 14 July, 7.30 pm
Hatchlands Park, Guildford
Thursday 15 July, 7.30 pm
York Early Music Festival, St Michael le Belfrey Church, High Petergate, York
Friday 16 July, 7.30 pm
The King of Hearts: The Octagon Chapel, Norwich
Saturday 17 July, 8.10 pm
St John’s Downshire Hill, Hampstead, London NW3
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CD recording
Tuesday 20 to Thursday 22 July
St Michael’s, Highgate, London N6
Canons and cantatas: Pachelbel and Bach
— Johann Pachelbel:
Canon and gigue in D major
Partie in F sharp minor
Cantata, ‘Christ lag in Todesbanden’
— J.S. Bach:
Cantata ‘Widerstehe doch der Sünde’, BWV 54
Canons from the Goldberg Variations, BWV 1087
Cantata ‘Christ lag in Todesbanden’, BWV 4
(Rachel Elliott soprano, Sally Bruce-Payne alto, Samuel Boden tenor, Matthew Brook bass, Nicolette Moonen & Stephen Pedder violin, Rachel Isserlis violin/viola, Karin Björk / Catherine Weiss, Rachel Stott viola, Alison McGillivray cello, Alastair Mitchell bassoon, Silas Wollston organ)
Thursday 4 November, 7.30 pm
The King of Hearts: United Reformed Church, Princes Street, Norwich NR3 1AZ
Saturday 6 November, 8.10 pm
St John’s Downshire Hill, Hampstead, London NW3 1NU
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CD recording
Monday 8 to Wednesday 10 November
St Michael’s, Highgate, London N6
Concert Diary 2011
Italy versus France
Lully, Corelli, Muffat, and the styles reunited
Jean Baptiste Lully, Ouverture and chaconne from Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme
Jean Henry d’Anglebert, Tombeau de M. de Chambonnières
Jean Fery Rebel, Tombeau de M. de Lully
Robert de Visée, Prelude and musette
Georg Muffat, Blanditiae from Florilegium secundum
Arcangelo Corelli, Trio sonata, op.2, no.12
Bernardo Pasquini, Toccata
François Couperin, Apothéose de Corelli
Georg Muffat, Armonico tributo: Sonata II
(Nicolette Moonen & Rachel Isserlis violin, Foskien Kooistra & Rachel Stott viola, Alison McGillivray basse de violon / viola da gamba, Jakob Lindberg theorbo, Silas Wollston harpsichord)
Saturday 19 February, 7.45 pm
Georgian Concert Society, St Cecilia’s Hall, Edinburgh
Canons and cantatas: Pachelbel and Bach
Music by J.S. Bach and his predecessor Johann Pachelbel
(Sally Bruce-Payne alto, Nicolette Moonen & Rachel Isserlis violin, Foskien Kooistra & Rachel Stott viola, Alison McGillivray cello, Silas Wollston harpsichord)
Tuesday 22 February, 7.30 pm
Leamington Music, St Mary’s Church, Warwick
Italy versus France
Lully, Corelli, Muffat, and the styles reunited
Jean Baptiste Lully, Ouverture and chaconne from Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme
Jean Henry d’Anglebert, Tombeau de M. de Chambonnières
Jean Fery Rebel, Tombeau de M. de Lully
Robert de Visée, Prelude and musette
Georg Muffat, Blanditiae from Florilegium secundum
Arcangelo Corelli, Trio sonata, op.2, no.12
Bernardo Pasquini, Toccata
François Couperin, Apothéose de Corelli
Georg Muffat, Armonico tributo: Sonata II
(Nicolette Moonen & Rachel Isserlis violin, Foskien Kooistra & Rachel Stott viola, Alison McGillivray basse de violon / viola da gamba, Jakob Lindberg theorbo, Silas Wollston harpsichord)
Wednesday 23 February
Brighton College, Eastern Road, Brighton BN2 0AL
Salve Regina
In praise of the Virgin Mary: Pergolesi’s setting of the Salve Regina, and music by Monteverdi, Biber, Mayr, and others
Salve Regina, plainchant
Johannes Ockeghem, Salve Regina
Heinrich Biber, Sonata 1 from the Mystery Sonatas
Heinrich Biber, Salve Regina
Heinrich Biber, Sonata 14 from the Mystery Sonatas
Rupert Ignaz Mayr, Sancta Maria, Mater Dei
Claudio Monteverdi, Ave Maris Stella, from the Maria Vespers (1610)
Giaches Brumel, Ricercare sopre Ave Maris Stella, from the Bourdenay Codex
Claudio Monteverdi, Salve Regina
Giovanni Baptista Pergolesi, Salve Regina in F minor
(Sally Bruce-Payne alto, Nicolette Moonen & Rachel Isserlis violin, Anne Schumann viola, Alison McGillivray cello / viola da gamba, Silas Wollston harpsichord)
Friday 4 March
The Octagon Chapel, Colegate, Norwich NR3 1BN
Saturday 5 March
St John’s Downshire Hill, Hampstead, London NW3 1NU
La Grande France
The French style in music at court and in the theatres in Restoration London
Lully, Overture and ‘Calme tes déplaisirs’ from Cadmus et Hermione
Locke, Brawles in C minor
Lambert, ‘Que d’amants séparés’
Locke, Suite for Macbeth
Lully, ‘Récit de la Fortune’ and ‘Chaconne des Maures’ from Alcidiane
Purcell, Overture and ‘The gate to bliss’ from Theodosius
Cambert, Overtures and airs from Pomone
Locke, Symphony and song at the descent of Venus from Psyche
Grabu, Suite from Valentinian
Purcell, ‘Fairest Isle’ and Chaconne from King Arthur
(Rachel Elliott soprano, Nicolette Moonen & Foskien Kooistra violin, Anne Schumann & Rachel Stott viola, Alison McGillivray cello, Silas Wollston harpsichord)
Thursday 30 June
The Cobbe Collection, Hatchlands Park, East Clandon, GU4 7RT
Friday 1 July
The Octagon Chapel, Colegate, Norwich NR3 1BN
Saturday 2 July
St John’s Downshire Hill, Hampstead, London NW3 1NU
Salve Regina
In praise of the Virgin Mary: Pergolesi’s setting of the Salve Regina, and music by Monteverdi, Biber, Mayr, and others
Salve Regina, plainchant
Johannes Ockeghem, Salve Regina
Heinrich Biber, Sonata 1 from the Mystery Sonatas
Heinrich Biber, Salve Regina
Heinrich Biber, Sonata 14 from the Mystery Sonatas
Rupert Ignaz Mayr, Sancta Maria, Mater Dei
Claudio Monteverdi, Ave Maris Stella, from the Maria Vespers (1610)
Giaches Brumel, Ricercare sopre Ave Maris Stella, from the Bourdenay Codex
Claudio Monteverdi, Salve Regina
Giovanni Baptista Pergolesi, Salve Regina in F minor
(Sally Bruce-Payne alto, Nicolette Moonen & Rachel Isserlis violin, Anne Schumann viola, Alison McGillivray cello / viola da gamba, Silas Wollston harpsichord)
Saturday 3 September, 6.00 pm
Chapel of Reconciliation, Walsingham, Norfolk
Pachelbel and Bach: Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan
— Johann Pachelbel:
Cantata ‘Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan’
Partie a 5
Sacred concerto ‘Christ ist erstanden’
— J.S. Bach:
Cantata ‘Ich bin vergnügt mit meinem Glücke’, BWV 84
Canons from the Musical Offering, BWV 1079
Cantata ‘Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan’, BWV 99
(Rachel Elliott soprano, Sally Bruce-Payne alto, James Gilchrist tenor, Matthew Brook bass, Marion Moonen flute, James Eastaway oboe, Alastair Mitchell bassoon, Nicolette Moonen violin/director, Rachel Isserlis & Stephen Pedder violin, Rachel Stott viola, Piroska Baranyay cello, Silas Wollston organ/harpsichord)
Thursday 17 November, 7.30 pm
The Octagon Chapel, Colegate, Norwich NR3 1BN
Saturday 19 November, 8.15 pm
St John’s Downshire Hill, Hampstead, London NW3 1NU
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CD recording
Monday 21 to Wednesday 23 November
St Michael’s, Highgate, London N6
