ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
PHILIPPE HERREWEGHE
O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden
Jesu, meine Freude
Wer nur der lieben Gott lässt walten
Verleih uns Frieden
Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir op.23/1
Nicht unserm Namen, Herr (Psalm 115), op.31
Dorothee Mields soprano
Thomas Hobbs tenor
Peter Kooij bass
Collegium Vocale Gent choir & orchestra
Philippe Herreweghe conductor
Bach’s best pupil in the spotlight
They may have missed each other by more than half a century, but the relationship between Bach and Mendelssohn is crystal clear. For the opening of the Bach Academy Bruges, Philippe Herreweghe has put together an atmospheric programme, with choral motets, in which the Romantic composer looks back tenderly at his Baroque hero.