I Shall Live Only to Honour You | from Bach's Christmas Oratorio |
Description: Johann Sebastian Bach: Christmas Oratorio BWV 248
The Christmas Oratorio (German: Weihnachtsoratorium), BWV 248, is an oratorio by Johann Sebastian Bach intended for performance in church during the Christmas season. It is in six parts, each part a cantata intended for performance in a church service on a feast day of the Christmas period. It was written for the Christmas season of 1734 and incorporates music from earlier compositions, including three secular cantatas written during 1733 and 1734 and a largely lost church cantata, BWV 248a. The date is confirmed in Bach's autograph manuscript.
A splendid tenor is Linard Vrielink
Dutch tenor Linard Vrielink holds a Bachelor’s degree from the Universität der Künste (UdK) in Berlin, where he studied with Prof Elisabeth Werres.
While still at the UdK, Linard Vrielink made his debut at Staatsoper Berlin as Scaramuccio/Ariadne auf Naxos and was subsequently invited to join the opera studio. Over the next two seasons, he performed roles such as Steuermann /Der fliegende Holländer, Belfiore/La Finta Giardinera, Remendado/Carmen, Seemann in a new production of Tristan und Isolde and Junker Spärlich/Die Lustigen Weiber von Windsor, both conducted by Daniel Barenboim, and Don Basilio/Le nozze di Figaro under Marc Minkowski.
The season 2023/24 will see his return to Staatsoper Berlin in the roles of Asle/Sleepless, conducted by Peter Eötvös, and Tamino/Die Zauberflöte. He will make his house debut as Jaquino/Fidelio at De Nationale Opera Amsterdam, debut as Ferrando/Cosi fan tutte with the Orchestra of the 18th Century, with concerts in Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands, and sing Arbace/Idomeneo with the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, conducted by Sir Simon Rattle. Other concert engagements include Janek/Vec Makropulos with the Nederlands Radio Filharmonisch Orkest, Beethoven’s Symphony no 9 with Het Residentie Orkest, both conducted by Karina Canellakis, and Bach’s Matthäus Passion at Chateau de Versailles.
Last season, Linard Vrielink made debuts with the Berliner Philharmoniker in Mozart’s Krönungsmesse, conducted by Kirill Petrenko, in Berlin, Barcelona and Madrid and at the BBC PROMS with the London Symphony Orchestra and Sir Simon Rattle in Schumann’s das Paradies und die Peri. He returned to Staatsoper Berlin to reprise the roles of Asle/Sleepless and Arbace/Idomeneo, conducted by Sir Simon Rattle, and for his role debut as Leukippos in a new production by Romeo Castellucci of Strauss’ Daphne. He also made his role and house debut as Tamino/Die Zauberflöte at Bergen National Opera as well as Federico/L’Amico Fritz with the Nederlands Radio Filharmonisch Orkest and Andrea Battistoni.
soloists:
Nika Gorič - soprano
Corinna Scheurle – mezzosopran
Linard Vrielink – tenor
Jaka Mihelač – basbariton
AVE Chamber Choir
Chorus master: Gregor Klančič
Orchestra matutina
Conductor and artistic director: Matej Šarc
Tenor Aria: Ich will nur dir zu Ehren leben
Tenor Aria: I shall live only to honour you,
executive producer: Juš Hrastnik,
producers: Primož Zevnik, Matej Šarc
head of the production: Gal Nagode
balance engineer: Danilo Ženko
floral: Ivo Uršič
light: Janez Kocjan
broadcast director and editor: Primož Zevnik
production: TAJUS, PPZ, SLOWIND
cover art: Hadi Karimi
https://hadikarimi.com/ Close description
The Christmas Oratorio (German: Weihnachtsoratorium), BWV 248, is an oratorio by Johann Sebastian Bach intended for performance in church during the Christmas season. It is in six parts, each part a cantata intended for performance in a church service on a feast day of the Christmas period. It was written for the Christmas season of 1734 and incorporates music from earlier compositions, including three secular cantatas written during 1733 and 1734 and a largely lost church cantata, BWV 248a. The date is confirmed in Bach's autograph manuscript.
A splendid tenor is Linard Vrielink
Dutch tenor Linard Vrielink holds a Bachelor’s degree from the Universität der Künste (UdK) in Berlin, where he studied with Prof Elisabeth Werres.
While still at the UdK, Linard Vrielink made his debut at Staatsoper Berlin as Scaramuccio/Ariadne auf Naxos and was subsequently invited to join the opera studio. Over the next two seasons, he performed roles such as Steuermann /Der fliegende Holländer, Belfiore/La Finta Giardinera, Remendado/Carmen, Seemann in a new production of Tristan und Isolde and Junker Spärlich/Die Lustigen Weiber von Windsor, both conducted by Daniel Barenboim, and Don Basilio/Le nozze di Figaro under Marc Minkowski.
The season 2023/24 will see his return to Staatsoper Berlin in the roles of Asle/Sleepless, conducted by Peter Eötvös, and Tamino/Die Zauberflöte. He will make his house debut as Jaquino/Fidelio at De Nationale Opera Amsterdam, debut as Ferrando/Cosi fan tutte with the Orchestra of the 18th Century, with concerts in Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands, and sing Arbace/Idomeneo with the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, conducted by Sir Simon Rattle. Other concert engagements include Janek/Vec Makropulos with the Nederlands Radio Filharmonisch Orkest, Beethoven’s Symphony no 9 with Het Residentie Orkest, both conducted by Karina Canellakis, and Bach’s Matthäus Passion at Chateau de Versailles.
Last season, Linard Vrielink made debuts with the Berliner Philharmoniker in Mozart’s Krönungsmesse, conducted by Kirill Petrenko, in Berlin, Barcelona and Madrid and at the BBC PROMS with the London Symphony Orchestra and Sir Simon Rattle in Schumann’s das Paradies und die Peri. He returned to Staatsoper Berlin to reprise the roles of Asle/Sleepless and Arbace/Idomeneo, conducted by Sir Simon Rattle, and for his role debut as Leukippos in a new production by Romeo Castellucci of Strauss’ Daphne. He also made his role and house debut as Tamino/Die Zauberflöte at Bergen National Opera as well as Federico/L’Amico Fritz with the Nederlands Radio Filharmonisch Orkest and Andrea Battistoni.
soloists:
Nika Gorič - soprano
Corinna Scheurle – mezzosopran
Linard Vrielink – tenor
Jaka Mihelač – basbariton
AVE Chamber Choir
Chorus master: Gregor Klančič
Orchestra matutina
Conductor and artistic director: Matej Šarc
Tenor Aria: Ich will nur dir zu Ehren leben
Tenor Aria: I shall live only to honour you,
executive producer: Juš Hrastnik,
producers: Primož Zevnik, Matej Šarc
head of the production: Gal Nagode
balance engineer: Danilo Ženko
floral: Ivo Uršič
light: Janez Kocjan
broadcast director and editor: Primož Zevnik
production: TAJUS, PPZ, SLOWIND
cover art: Hadi Karimi
https://hadikarimi.com/ Close description