James O鈥橠onnell, Organist of Westminster Abbey will open this special concert with the 麻豆社 Singers performing motets by two master musical architects, Bach and Bruckner. Bach鈥檚 five-part motet 鈥楯esu, meine Freude鈥� is one of his most perfectly symmetrical structures, while in Bruckner鈥檚 fine motets we hear echoes of Palestrina sung during his chorister days in St Florian. In the second half, Leif Segerstam presents Bruckner鈥檚 cathedral-like masterpiece.
Please note there has been a change to the original billing for this concert. Leif Segerstam replaces Semyon Bychkov as the conductor in Bruckner's Symphony No. 8.
麻豆社 Singers at Six
6pm, St Giles' Cripplegate
As a prelude to their performance of J S Bach鈥檚 great motet Jesu, meine Freude in tonight鈥檚 麻豆社 SO concert, James O鈥橠onnell and the 麻豆社 Singers explore the musical world of the city where that motet was composed.
