The Bach Sinfonia - From High to Low: Dramatic Cantatas for Soprano and Bass October 20, 2007

From High to Low: Dramatic Cantatas for Soprano and Bass

JENNIFER ELLIS KAMPANI, soprano
DAVID NEWMAN, bass-baritone
DANIEL ABRAHAM, conductor

Johann Sebastian Bach: Ich habe genug, BWV 82
Dieterich Buxtehude: Herr, wenn ich nur dich habe, BuxWV 39
on the 300th anniversary of the composer’s death
George Frideric Handel: La Terra è liberata (Apollo e Dafne), HWV 122

Guaranteed to move even the most staid, these remarkable cantatas present some of the most powerful music of the baroque for voice and orchestra. Ich habe genug recounts the story of Simeon welcoming the inner peace of death at the end of a long life. Likewise, the Buxtehude presents a reflective text of understanding and appreciation. Handel's secular Apollo e Dafnetells the tale of the beautiful nymph Dafne’s attempts to reject the god Apollo’s unwanted attention. In exasperation after her efforts fail, Dafne turns herself into a laurel bush, breaking the heart of the arrogant deity.

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