on 'Reflections on Bach'
Helmuth Rilling, the world-renowned conductor, teacher and Bach scholar, will present a series of lecture/concerts, Thursday-Saturday, Jan. 18-20, culminating in a full performance of several choral masterworks of J.S. Bach.
Titled "Reflections on Bach: Music for Christmas Day 1723," the three-day series will consist of talks with musical illustrations, followed by a performance of the work. Part I (the cantata "Christen, ätzet diesen Tag") will take place on Thursday, Jan. 18, at 8 p.m., in Sprague Memorial Hall, 470 College St., with Part II ("Magnificat in E-flat") the following evening, Jan. 19, at 8 p.m., also at Sprague Hall. Tickets for the lecture/concerts are free and are available by calling (203) 432-4158.
On Jan. 20, there will be a full concert performance of both choral works at 8 p.m. in Woolsey Hall, corner of College and Grove streets. The concert is free and open to the public; no tickets are required.
Rilling is known internationally for his lecture/concerts, as well as for more than 100 recordings on the Vox, Nonesuch, Columbia, Nippon, CBS and Turnabout labels. He now records exclusively for Hänssler, for whom he has produced the complete works of J.S. Bach on 172 CDs. Rilling is the founder of the acclaimed Gächinger Kantorei, the Oregon Bach Festival, the International Bach Academy (in Stuttgart, Germany), which has been awarded the UNESCO Music Prize, and academies in Buenos Aires, Cracow, Prague, Moscow, Budapest, Santiago de Compostela and Tokyo. He is the recipient of numerous awards, including a Grammy award and the Theodor Heuss Prize for advancing international understanding, and is an honorary member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
At Yale, Rilling will conduct the Yale Schola Cantorum, directed by Simon Carrington, and the Yale Collegium Players, directed by Robert Mealy. The vocal soloists will be from the graduate voice program led by James Taylor.
The works on the program were all performed by Bach on Christmas Day in 1723 in Leipzig, Germany. Written nearly 10 years apart, they offer a glimpse into Bach's stylistic development.
The series is presented by the Yale Institute of Sacred Music. Further information is available online at www.yale.edu/schola or by calling (203) 432-5062.
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