On this episode of Encore Houston, we go back in time to the year 1817, 300 years after the start of the Protestant Reformation, with a recreation performance by the Bach Society Houston. With the help of Dr. Jeffrey Sposato from the University of Houston, the Bach Society pieced together a program of works that had been performed in Leipzig in 1817 as part of a celebratory Mass for the anniversary of the Reformation.
Music in this episode:
- JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH: Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr, BWV 676
- JOHANN GOTTFRIED SCHICHT: Unsre Väter hofften auf dich
- VINCENZO RIGHINI: Mass in D minor
- Renée Rybolt, soprano
- Joshua Chavira, alto
- Benjamin Boskoff, tenor
- Christopher Besch, bass
- Christ the King Brass Choir
- arr. SCHICT: All glory be to God on high
- arr. SCHICT: Come, Holy Ghost, God and Lord
- arr. SCHICT: Wirf dich, sterbliches Schlecht
- arr. SCHICT: Lass mich dein sein
- BACH: Prelude in G major, BWV 541
- Brian Glikes, organ
- Performance date: 10/21/2018
- Originally aired: 12/29/2018
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