The Countertenor - Bach's Holy Spirit (Newcastle)

Bach Akademie Australia with soloist Reginald Mobley
Madeleine Easton Artistic Director

Bach Akademie Australia welcomes its first international artist, acclaimed GRAMMY-nominated American countertenor Reginald Mobley, renowned for his advocacy for diversity in music and programming. Mobley performs cantatas of solace and profundity, including Bach’s great solo vocal cantata Ich habe genug (I have enough) alongside his second orchestral suite.

According to theological tradition in Lutheran Germany, the alto voice was the very symbol of the Holy Ghost. Bach felt this deeply, thus reserving the alto voice for the most moving and special of arias in his passions and cantatas. Mobley is equally at home with gospel and jazz alongside music of the baroque period. His purity of tone, clarity of articulation and deep personal connection to this music ensures an evening of sublime music making.

Program
J.C. Bach Lamento ‘Ach, dass ich Wassers gnug hätte’
J.S. Bach Orchestral Suite No.2 in B minor
J.S. Bach Cantata BWV 82 ‘Ich habe genug’
A. Vivaldi Salve Regina R.616 (Antiphona)
J.S. Bach Cantata BWV 54 ‘Widerstehe doch der Sünde’

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