Rent Bach: Cantatas (Sir John Eliot Gardener) (2000)
2h 7min
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- Synopsis:
Taking the Bach Cantatas as a basis for a year-long pilgrimage in 2000, conductor Sir John Eliot Gardiner led the Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque Soloists on an emotional and artistically triumphant world tour to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the composer's death. Many of the Cantatas were performed in religious buildings throughout Europe and even in New York, at appropriate times in the liturgical calendar. These performances feature Cantatas 179, 199 and 113, all composed for the 11th Sunday after Trinity, in marvellously dramatic interpretations by the Choir and soloists including soprano Magdalena Kozena, alto William Towers, tenor Mark Padmore and Stephan Loges. Gardiner's mission to expose the delicacy of emotion at the heart of Bach's deceptively simple melodies pays dividends in settings which range from baroque German cathedrals to the austere bleakness of Iona. Filmed by BBC Wales, the concerts create a moving spiritual journey in which the music itself is allowed to take centre stage thanks to the passion of the performances and, above all, to Gardiner's vision of Bach's continuing relevance in the modern world at the beginning of a new millennium. - Actors:
- Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir, Magdalena Kozená, William Towers, Mark Padmore, Stephan Loges, English Baroque Soloists
- Directors:
- Rhodri Huw
- Producers:
- Fiona Morris, James Whitbourn, Jane Carter
- Studio:
- BBC
- Genres:
- Music & Musicals, Performing Arts
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