Bach A Child of the Stars

A program of music by Bach and other composers inspired by the heavens.

Join Bach Akademie Australia for their third concert series of 2023 featuring the Bach Akademie Australia Orchestra and Choir.

To truly understand a culture, we must explore its relationship to the land, but also to the skies. The land and sky are as one, forever connected. It is with a spirit of connectivity that we present this program of music inspired by the heavenly body that both J.S. Bach and the First Nations peoples of Australia have seen every day for millennia – the Morning Star. We are an ensemble dedicated to the works of J.S. Bach, however we are Bach Akademie Australia, therefore seek to unite the incredibly important musical cultures of Europe with the country we stand on by presenting a program of music by Bach and other important composers inspired by the heavens, alongside a newly commissioned work by Australian Indigenous composer Troy Russell, inspired by the Morning Star, just as J.S. Bach was centuries ago.

Program

J.S. Bach Cantata ‘Himmelskönig, sei willkommen’ BWV 182 – Sinfonia

Tomás Luis de Victoria O Magnum Mysterium

Presentation by Professor Jonathan Bland-Hawthorn ‘Galileo, Bach and the western view of the heavens’

Vincenzo Galilei Excerpts from the Well Tempered Lute [Tommie Andersson – Lute]

Presentation by Uncle Jimmy Smith about indigenous astronomy

Troy Russell Clans

J.S. Bach Cantata ‘Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern’ BWV 1

Concerts :

Friday September 22, 7.30pm

Great Hall, The University of Sydney

Saturday September 23, 7.30pm

St Finbar’s Church, Glenbrook

Sunday September 24, 2.30pm

Our Lady of Dolours, Chatswood

Australian Digital Concert Hall

Streamed on Friday 29 September at 7.30pm

https://australiandigitalconcerthall.com/#/item/101254

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https://www.bachakademieaustralia.com.au/events

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