bach for us
No 74 Bach and Handel battle it out!
Monday 16th June 20259:00 am to 10:00 am
A thrilling music drama for kids by Jörg Schade and Franz-Georg Stähling with music by G. F. Händel and J. S. Bach arranged by A. N. Tarkmann
G. F. Händel: Bourrée, aus: Suite D-Dur, HWV 349 (Water-Music, Teil II) • J. S. Bach: Willst du dein Herz mir schenken, BWV 518 • G. F. Händel: Empio, dirò, tu sei, aus: Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17 • G. F. Händel: Menuet, aus: Suite G-Dur, HWV 350 (Water-Music, Teil III) • J. S. Bach: [Allegro], aus: Italienisches Konzert F-Dur, BWV 971 • G. F. Händel: Andante larghetto e staccato, aus: Konzert g-Moll, HWV 310 (op. 7 Nr. 5) • G. F. Händel: Air con Variazioni, aus: Suite E-Dur, HWV 430 • J. S. Bach: Badinerie • Anonymus: For he’s a jolly good fellow
For pupils from age 6 years and upwards, and Bachfest visitors (in German)
Artists:
Carl-Herbert Braun (actor − G. F. Handel), Jörg Schade (actor − J. S. Bach), Meike Leluschko (soprano) • Ensemble Prisma: Bernhard Wesenick (bassoon), Ralph Töpsch (flute), Babett Niclas (harp)
The two famous composers George Frideric Handel and Johann Sebastian Bach hang around a lot: they've been eating their hearts out in the picture frames of the music room of the tiny castle museum for ages. But every evening at midnight, they clamber out and a heated argument flares up between them: which of the two was the better composer? You will hear beautiful music by both composers arranged for a trio of harp, flute and bassoon, and singing too – surprisingly virtuoso singing by a museum guide, and at the end, everyone sings together.
