Kraemer Conducts Bach
Nicholas Kraemer, conductor- Sunday, November 13, 7:30 pm
- First United Methodist Church, Evanston
Ticket Prices: $60, $45, $38 - Monday, November 14, 7:30 pm
- Harris Theater, Chicago
Ticket Prices: $75, $60, $45, $38, $30
Free pre-concert lectures by Carl Grapentine will take place before each concert. Lectures begin at 6:30 pm in the church, and at 6 pm in the Chicago Cultural Center’s Randolph Café before Harris Theater concerts.
This concert will be broadcast on WFMT on February 10, 2012.
Program
- J. S. BACH
- Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B Minor
- Cantata No. 202, “Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten” (Wedding)
- Concerto for 2 Violins in D Minor
- Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major
Hear the Music
- J. S. Bach
- “Suite No. 2 in B Minor, Menuet”
- “Cantata No. 202, Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten”
- “Concerto for 2 Violins, Strings, and Continuo, mvt 1”
- “Suite No. 3 in D, BWV 1068, Gigue”
“Study Bach,” Johannes Brahms once said. “There you will find everything.” Nicholas Kraemer leads a richly varied program of music by the great master, including two of the colorful suites for orchestra, the ravishing double violin concerto, and a joyful wedding cantata.
PROGRAM NOTES
While scholars differ on when and where J. S. Bach composed his four surviving orchestral suites, they do agree on at least one thing: the precise chronology of these works is impossible to determine.… Download pdf »
Recommended Recordings
- Bach, Suite No. 2 in B Minor, BWV 1067
Bach, Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068 - Trevor Pinnock, English Concert (Archiv)
- Bach, Cantata 202, “Weichet nur, betrubte Schatten”
- James Levine, Kathleen Battle, members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
- Bach, Concerto for 2 Violins in D Minor, BWV 1043
- Lara St. John, Scott St. John, New York Bach Ensemble (Ancalagon)
