The Bach Society Brazil celebrates Johann Sebastian Bach's fascination with Italian music in an online concert, performing the motet "Tilge, Höchster, meine Sünden," BWV 1083. Echoing the Baroque practice of reusing materials, this work shows how Bach, in 1746, rewrote Giovanni Battista Pergolesi's "Stabat Mater." Pergolesi was an Italian composer whom Bach admired. In addition to enriching the music with new ornaments, Bach replaced the original Latin text with Psalm 51 in German. The text, a plea for forgiveness of sins, resonates deeply with Bach's Lutheran spirituality.

Under the direction of Fernando Cordella, the concert was filmed at São Pedro Church in Porto Alegre and will be performed by the Baroque music specialists of Ensemble Bach Brasil, using period instruments. The guest soloists are soprano Marilia Vargas and countertenor Cássio Pereira.

The forty-sixth concert of the Bach Brazil series is organized by the Bach Society Brazil and is supported by the Goethe Institut, Instituto Ecossis, EROICA_música, Carangacci música, and funded by the supporters of the Bach Society Brazil.

More information at www.bachbrasil.com

PROGRAM:

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 – 1750)

Motet "Tilge, Höchster, meine Sünden," BWV 1083
(Version by J.S. Bach of Pergolesi's Stabat Mater)

02:18 1. Tilge, Höchster, meine Sünden
06:05 2. Ist mein Herz in Missetaten
08:08 3. Missetaten, die mich drücken
10:06 4. Dich erzürnt mein Tun und Lassen
12:11 5. Wer wird seine Schuld verneinen
14:10 6. Siehe! ich bin in Sünd empfangen
14:49 7. Sieh, du willst die Wahrheit haben
18:00 8. Wasche mich doch rein von Sünden
20:05 9. Lass mich Freud und Wonne spüren
22:18 10. Schaue nicht auf meine Sünden
27:16 11. Öffne Lippen, Mund und Seele
30:40 12. Denn du willst kein Opfer haben
33:48 13. Lass dein Zion blühend dauern
35:49 14. Amen.

Fernando Cordella, harpsichord and direction

Soloists:
Marília Vargas (Brazil/SP), soprano
Cássio Pereira (Brazil/SP), countertenor

ENSEMBLE BACH BRASIL (with period instruments)

Violin I
Giovani dos Santos
Letizia Roa
Juliano Buosi

Violin II
Marcio Ceconello
Renata Bernardino
Carlos Sell

Viola
Leonardo Bock
João Senna
Alexandre Nanni

Cello
Diego Biasibetti
Pablo Schinke

Violone
Alexandre Ritter

Oboes
Vinicius Chiaroni
Érico Marques

CREDITS:

Artistic Direction: Fernando Cordella
Audiovisual Direction: Caio Amon
Sound Direction and Engineering: Fabiano Cordella
Production Direction: Ilton Carangacci
Director of Photography: Caio Amon
Production Assistant: Eduarda Piltcher
Editing and Graphic Design: Marcelo Freire
Press Relations: Carangacci música
Sound Technician: Thomas Dreher
Audiovisual and Content Production: EROICA conteúdo
President of the Bach Society Brazil: Bernardo Frederes Krämer Alcalde
Administrative Secretariat: Alexander Kleine
Funding: Patrons and supporters of the Bach Society Brazil

PATRONS
Arthur Hertz
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