B+A+C+H

Thursday, May 19, 2022 • 7 p.m. | Mount Olive Lutheran Church, Rochester, MN
Friday, May 20, 2022 • 12:00 p.m. | Live-streamed only

Anna Christofaro, soprano | Paul Jacobson and Immanuel Davis, traverso | Marc Levine, violin | Julie Elhard, viola da gamba | Donald Livingston, harpsichord

This program begins with a suite of Bach arias for soprano with obbligato flute and violin. The premier of a cantata by Paul Jacobson concludes the concert. The new work, B+A+C+H—Lament to Jubilation, incorporates the BACH theme (Bb-A-C-B), which has been employed by composers from the time of J.S. Bach to the present. The text of the cantata comprises paraphrases by Paul of Psalm 42 (“As the deer desires the waterbrooks. . .”) and of three poems by Rainer Maria Rilke. This poetry reflects the fears and joys of our present day realities and dreams.

This concert is co-presented with the Bach Society of Minnesota, as part of the Minnesota Bach Festival.