J. S. Bach: Weimar Cantatas Ensemble Alia Mens & Olivier Spilmont

• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750): Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen, BWV 12:
• 1 I. Sinfonia 02:15
• 2 II. Chorus "Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen" 06:12
• 3 III. Recitativo "Wir müssen durch viel Trübsal" 00:45
• 4 IV. Aria "Kreuz und Kronen sind verbunden" 05:57
• 5 V. Aria "Ich folge Christo nach" 02:03
• 6 VI. Aria "Sei getreu, alle Pein" 03:28
• 7 VII. Choral "Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan" 01:05
• Gleichwie der Regen und Schnee vom Himmel fällt, BWV 18:
• 8 I. Sinfonia 02:59
• 9 II. Recitativo "Gleichwie der Regen und Schnee vom Himmel fällt" 01:09
• 10 III. Recitativo "Mein Gott, hier wird mein Herze sein" 05:51
• 11 IV. Aria "Mein Seelenschatz ist Gottes Wort" 03:00
• 12 V. Choral "Ich bitt, o Herr, aus Herzens Grund" 01:18
• Komm, du süsse Todesstunde, BWV 161:
• 13 I. Aria "Komm, du süße Todesstunde" 04:56
• 14 II. Recitativo "Welt, deine Lust ist Last" 01:57
• 15 III. Aria Mein "Verlangen ist, den Heiland zu umfangen" 04:44
• 16 IV. Recitativo "Der Schluß ist schon gemacht" 02:19
• 17 V. Chorus "Wenn es meines Gottes Wille" 03:01
• 18 VI. Choral "Der Leib zwar in der Erden" 01:52
• Total Runtime 54:51

Info for J. S. Bach: Weimar Cantatas

The group of Weimar cantatas is exciting on many levels. The purpose Bach expressed in his Mühlhausen resignation letter – which became a master beam of the musical edice he built throughout his life – is expressed with an even more seminal vigour, due to the restrictions it suffered previously. Besides the beauty of the surviving works, which renders the loss of the missing ones all the more bitter, it is moving to see the musician engage, with each new piece, in experiments with form, ideas, and the language for expressing the word of God through the most sensitive possible texts. The choice of developing themes dear to him enabled him to afirm and deepen his faith.

Ensemble Alia Mens
Olivier Spilmont, direction

Ensemble Alia Mens
sonsisdts of singers and instrumentalists practicing instruments of the Baroque under the direction of Olivier Spilmont.

The Ensemble has been heard in several national festivals and stages: Bozar in Brussels, Embaroquement immédiat, Festival de la Chabotterie, Festival du Mont-Blanc, Midsummer Festival, Bateau feu-Dunkerque, Teatro de Vicenza, Phénix-Valenciennes, Théâtre d'Arras, Festival „Musique et Mémoire“ ...

Since 2012, Ensemble Alia Mens devotes most of his work to the work of J.S. Bach and especially the cantatas created in Weimar and a programme devoted to concertos for several harpsichords with Pierre Hantaï, Maude Gratton and Olivier Spilmont.

The first disc of the Ensemble dedicated to Weimar cantatas is planned for released in 2016. The Ensemble will be in residence for 3 years at the Festival „Musique et Mémoire“ from 2016.

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