Digital Program Sponsored by Lafayette Travel

Digital Program Sponsored by Lafayette Travel

A turning point for modern western music. There is no greater transformative turning point for classical and modern western music than the resurrection of Jesus Christ, and the music written to celebrate it. This Lenten-themed concert includes Johann Sebastian Bach’s Cantata No. 4, which he wrote for Easter in 1707. Cantatas were written for church services, and in honor of Christian holidays, and are marked by an emphasis on vocal presentation, with an instrumental accompaniment. Bach wrote more than 200 cantatas in his lifetime, which were critical in the development of both vocal and instrumental music, and are considered to be some of his best work.

Andrea Kapell Loewy, flute
Rachel Ciraldo, flute
Members of Louisiana State University Chorus (Trey Davis, Music Director)

PROGRAM

Brandenburg Concerto No. 3
J.S. Bach (1685–1750)
Allegro – Adagio – Allegro

Concerto for Two Flutes and Orchestra in G-Minor
J.J. Quantz (1697–1793)
I. Allegro
II. Amoroso con sordini
III. Presto

Soloists: Andrea Kapell Loewy, Rachel Ciraldo, flutes

Cantata BVW 4 “Christ lay in bonds of death”
J.S. Bach

Seven Last Words of the Christ on the Cross (excerpts)
J. Haydn (1732–1809)

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