Opening concert of the Bach Festival in Leipzig

Opening concert of the Leipzig Bach Festival 2024

Recording from June 7, 2024 from the Thomaskirche Leipzig

Works:
Johann Sebastian Bach:
- Prelude in C minor, BWV 546/1
- Christ, our Lord, came to the Jordan, BWV 684
- O eternity, thou word of thunder, BWV 60

Alban Berg: Violin Concerto (To the memory of an angel)

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: How the stag cries for fresh water, op. 42, MWV A 15

Performers:
St. Thomas organist Johannes Lang (organ, continuo organ)
Miriam Feuersinger (soprano)
Alexander Chance (alto)
Jakob Pilgram (tenor)
Matthias Helm (bass)
Chouchane Siranossian (violin - Artist in Residence)

St. Thomas Choir Leipzig
Gewandhaus Orchestra Leipzig
Conductor: Thomaskantor Andreas Reize