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Adam Chamber Music Festival 2017 - Bach by Candlelight

Nelson Cathedral is lit by candles and musicians from the Adam Chamber Music Festival play Bach.

Monique Lapins performs Bach's Violin Concerto in A

Monique Lapins performs Bach's Violin Concerto in A Photo: Adam Chamber Music Festival

'Bach by Candlelight' in Nelson Cathedral is a regular event at the Adam Chamber Music Festival. There's been a candlelit Bach concert at every festival since 2009. So it's become a well-loved and much anticipated event now.

In this 2017 incarnation, the main feature is a sequence of tenor arias from various cantatas. For these, the soloist is Australian tenor Andrew Goodwin.

Also the newest member of the New Zealand String Quartet Monique Lapins takes the soloist role in the Violin Concerto in A minor; Ian Rosenbaum gives us the fifth Cello Suite in an unusual form … transcribed onto his instrument, the marimba. And the concert ends with the Brandenburg Concerto No 6.

  • BACH: Aria from Cantata No 171

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    3:00 PM.Andrew Goodwin sings the aria, "Herr, so weit die Wolken gehn" from the cantata "Gott, wie dein Name, so ist auch dein Ruhm", with Monique Lapins, Helene Pohl (violins), Rolf Gjelsten (cello), Douglas… Read more Audio

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  • BACH: Aria from Cantata No 97

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    3:00 PM.Andrew Goodwin sings the aria "Ich traue seiner Gnaden" from the cantata "In allem meinen Taten" by Bach, with Helene Pohl (violin), Rolf Gjelsten (cello), Douglas Mews (harpsichord). Audio

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  • BACH: Cello Suite No 5, played on marimba

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    3:00 PM.Ian Rosenbaum plays the Cello Suite No 5 in C minor by Bach in a version transcribed for marimba. Audio

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  • BACH: Violin Concerto in A minor

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    3:00 PM.Monique Lapins plays Bach's Violin Concerto in A minor, a piece inspired by the concertos by Vivaldi, with a small orchestra led by Dene Olding. Audio

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  • BACH: Aria from Cantata No 148

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    3:00 PM.Andrew Goodwin performs the aria "Ich eile, die Lehren" from the cantata "Bringet dem Herrn Ehre seines Namens", with Helene Pohl (violin), Rolf Gjelsten (cello), Douglas Mews (harpsichord) Audio

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  • BACH: Aria from Cantata No 41

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    3:00 PM.Andrew Goodwin sings the aria "Woferne du den edlen Frieden" from the cantata "Jesu, nun sei gepreiset" by Bach, with Rolf Gjelsten (cello), Joan Perarnau Garriga (d bass), Douglas Mews (harpsichord).

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  • BACH: Brandenburg Concerto No 6

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    3:00 PM.Gillian Ansell and Irina Morozova take the solo "viola da braccio" parts in the Brandenburg Concerto No 6. Accompanying them, two violinists: Monique Lapins and Justine Cormack, cellist Ashley Brown… Read more Audio

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BACH: Aria, Herr, So Weit Die Wolken Gehen, from Cantata No 171;

BACH: Aria, Ich Traue Seiner Gnaden, from Cantata No 97;

BACH: Cello Suite No 5 in C minor BWV1011;

BACH: Violin Concerto in A minor, BWV1041;

BACH: Aria, Ich Eile, Die Lehren, from Cantata No 148;

BACH: Aria, Woferne Du Den Edlen Frieden, from Cantata No 41;

BACH: Brandenburg Concerto No 6 in Bb BWV1051

Andrew Goodwin (tenor), Ian Rosenbaum (marimba), Monique Lapins (violin), ACMF ensemble

Recorded in Christ Church Cathedral, Nelson by RNZ