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Radio 3 in Concert: CPE Bach oratorio The Israelites in the Desert

CPE Bach oratorio The Israelites in the Desert

BBC Radio 3 - Radio 3 in Concert, CPE Bach oratorio The Israelites in the Desert

CPE Bach's oratorio, The Israelites in the Desert, from the Utrecht Early Music Festival.

CPE Bach's oratorio, The Israelites in the Desert, in a performance given at last month's Utrecht Early Music Festival.

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach's oratorio The Israelites in the Desert in a performance given at last month's Utrecht Early Music Festival. 

Fiona Talkington introduces this rare performance C.P.E. Bach's oratorio which traces in extended arias, recitatives and short choruses the Old Testament story of the pain and suffering of the Israelites in the desert. Written for the consecration of Hamburg's Lazarettkirche in 1769,  Bach wrote the piece with the intention that it be performed "not only on a solemn occasion, but at any time, inside or outside the Church." The work went on to achieve popularity in concert halls across Europe. 

Die Israeliten in der Wüste, Wq. 238 oratorio

Daniel Schiebeler (1741-1771), librettist

Marie Lys (soprano), 
Zoë Brookshaw (soprano)
Valerio Contaldo (tenor)
Stephan MacLeod (bass and conductor)

Gli Angeli Genève

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