Celestial music
Céline Scheen, Philippe Jaroussky & L'Arpeggiata – Christina Pluhar
Orchestral Concert
Sunday, 17 July 2022
6 pm, Saanen Church
Christina Pluhar has long been interested in the vocal music of the 17th century, this time she presents sacred songs and cantatas by German composers. At the heart of this new “celestial” programme, perfectly combining the timbres of soprano Céline Scheen and star countertenor Philippe Jaroussky to the rich palette of colours of L'Arpeggiata, lies the aria for alto and string ensemble Ach, dass ich Wassers gnug hätte by Jean-Christophe Bach, a first cousin of Johann Sebastian's father. This is an opportunity to revisit pages by famous composers such as Heinrich Schütz, but also to listen to much rarer works by Philipp Heinrich Erlebach, Christian Ritter and Crato Bütner, which highlight the important tribute paid by German composers to the great Italian models.
1 Céline Scheen, Soprano
2 Philippe Jaroussky, Countertenor
L'Arpeggiata
Christina Pluhar, Theorbo & Conductor
| Johann Theile (1646-1724) | |
| 1, 2 “Der Sionitin Wiegenlied” – “Nun singe ich! Gott ich knie” | |
| Maurizio Cazzati (1616-1678) | |
| Ciaccona | |
| Johann Christoph Bach (1642-1703) | |
| 2 “Ach, dass ich Wassers g'nug hätte”, Lamento | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) | |
| Prélude from the Suite for Solo Cello No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1008 | |
| Crato Bütner (1616-1679) | |
| 1 “Ich suchte des Nachts” | |
| Heinrich Schütz (1585-1672) | |
| 1, 2 “Von Gott will ich nicht lassen” | |
| (from the Symphoniae sacrae II, Op. 10, SWV 366) | |
| Philipp Heinrich Erlebach (1657-1714) | |
| 2 “Unser Leben ist mit viel Not umgeben – Kommt, ihr Stunden” | |
| (from the “Harmonische Freude”, Part 1) | |
| Incerto | |
| Chiaccona | |
| (from the Book of Jacob Ludwig, 1662) | |
| Christian Ritter (1645-1725) | |
| 1 “O amantissime sponse Jesu” | |
| Johann Rudolf Ahle (1625-1673) | |
| 1, 2 “Bleib bei uns” | |
| Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber (1644-1704) | |
| “L'Annonciation”, Prélude | |
| Anonymus | |
| 1, 2 “Ninna, nanna al bambin Giesù” | |
| Antonio Bertali (1605-1669) | |
| Sonata à 6 | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) | |
| 2 “Komm, süsser Tod, komm, sel'ge Ruh”, BWV 478 | |
| Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643) | |
| 2 “Laudate Dominum in Sanctis Ejus” from the “Selva morale e spirituale” | |
| 80' | |
| CHF 125/105/65/40 |