BACH IMORTAL

Coro Casa da Música Sofi Jeannin musical direction Silvia Marquez organ   Jehan Alain Chanson à bouche fermée Johann Sebastian Bach Singet dem Herrn, BWV 225 Gabriel Jackson O Sacrum Convivium Johann Sebastian Bach Der Geist hilft, BWV 226 Knut Nystedt Immortal Bach Johann Sebastian Bach Jesu meine Freude, BWV 227 Toru Takemitsu Chiisana Sora/Small Sky Johann Sebastian Bach Jesu bleibet meine Freude   Bach's immortality was won through page after page of sublime music, which will forever remain a point of reference for our culture. The Coro Casa da Música pays tribute to him by performing works that convey the incomparable depth of his sacred choral music. Bach's best-known motet is Jesu, meine Freude, a magnificent and profound creative exploration built on the simplicity of a religious hymn. Singet dem Herrn is a motet that surprises with its lightness, despite having been written for a funeral. The sense of eternity that Bach's music brings us is almost tangible in the work that Knut Nystedt created from a funeral song by the German genius himself, succeeding in placing us in a timeless place. The programme includes two short pieces by Jehan Alain and Toru Takemitsu and ends with a famous chorale that fills with light the unshakeable faith expressed in the text.