Duration
82 Min
Harnoncourt conducts Bach: Advent Concert from Melk Abbey
Concert
Concentus Musicus Wien
Production Date: 08/12/2000
82 Min
From the magnificent surroundings of Melk Abbey in Austria, Nikolaus Harnoncourt and his Concentus Musicus Wien present a glorious programme of favourite choral works by Johann Sebastian Bach: two of his best loved cantatas alongside the celebratory Magnificat in D Major, BWV 243. Filmed in December 2000, the concert features a superb quartet of some of the finest singers of the time, including soprano Christine Schäfer and tenor Ian Bostridge. The Arnold Schoenberg Chor completes the line-up for this inspiring concert for Advent.
- Soloists:
- Christine Schäfer (Soprano), Anna Korondi (Soprano), Bernarda Fink (Contralto), Ian Bostridge (Tenor), Christopher Maltman (Baritone)
- Ensembles:
- Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Concentus Musicus Wien
- Conductor:
- Nikolaus Harnoncourt