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Echoes of Bach

Thursday, 3/12/2026 at 8:00 PM

Echoes of Bach

Thursday, 3/12/2026
at 8:00 PM

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Stiftskirche
Stiftsstraße 12
70182 Stuttgart

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€ 16.00 to € 48.00

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"The music of my father has higher intentions, it is not meant to fill the ear, but to set the heart in motion." (Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach)

When exploring new sound spaces, the Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra loves to reach for the full range and play with affinities. Starting from J.S. Bach, the A and O of music, to Francis Poulenc, "half monk, half rascal," the SKO unites under one church roof what seems very different: Ravel and Bowie, Mozart and Duruflé, Sibelius and Shaw, solo viola and organ... And yet the program has a common denominator, namely to resonate with everything between heaven and earth for which man finds no words. For the first star hour with organ, a unique instrument has been chosen. The Mühleisen organ of the Collegiate Church is a true superlative of organ construction with 81 stops and 5,366 pipes. Cantor and church music director Kay Johannsen, a renowned organist, composer, and improviser far beyond the borders of Stuttgart, masters it virtuously and can conjure crescendos from the softest pianissimo to the mightiest fortissimo. A concert event full of mystique with the "Queen among instruments" (Mozart), where the SKO performs in the beautifully illuminated church space in changing formations and from different positions.

With:
Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
Kay Johannsen, organ
Manuel Hofer, viola & direction

Program:

Johann Sebastian Bach
Fantasy in G minor BWV 542 for organ

Caroline Shaw
“In manus tuas” for solo viola

Maurice Ravel
Très lent from the string quartet

David Bowie
“Sense of doubt” [&] “Moss Garden” (arr. for string orchestra)

Maurice Duruflé
Toccata from the Suite op. 5 for organ

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Prelude No. 2 in G minor KV 404a for string trio

Jean Sibelius
String trio in G minor

Francis Poulenc
Concerto for organ, strings, and timpani

Concert introduction at 7:30 PM

7:30 PM Introduction

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The texts of most cantatas come from Erdmann Neumeister, a significant theologian and hymn writer of the 18th century. For Neumeister, not only was the music in worship of theological importance, but also music for personal devotion. Therefore, it is not surprising that the cantatas from Telemann's collection are extremely diverse, ranging from large-scale festive music to introverted, lightly scored cantatas.

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"Dialog-Kantaten – Stimmen im Wechsel" [6]

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Artist encounter with Matthias Grünert following the concert – with draft beer tapping at Augustiner

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Artist meeting with Matthias Grünert following the concert – with draft beer tapping at Augustiner

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ensemble frauenkirche dresden
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