Experience the profound joy and inspiration found in the music of J.S. Bach with the dynamic and flexible ensemble of instrumentalists and singers, Bach Akademie Australia. The ensemble is joined by acclaimed GRAMMY®-nominated American countertenor Reginald Mobley—renowned for his purity of tone and deeply personal musicality—for his debut performance in Melbourne.

According to theological tradition in Lutheran Germany, the alto voice was the very symbol of the Holy Ghost. Bach felt this deeply, thus reserving the alto voice for the most moving and special of arias in his passions and cantatas. Bach Akademie Australia is proud to present the internationally acclaimed Grammy nominated American countertenor Reginald Mobley in a program of Bach’s cantatas for the alto voice. Equally at home with gospel and jazz alongside music of the baroque period, Reginald’s purity of tone, clarity of articulation and deep personal connection to this music ensures an evening of sublime music making.

PROGRAM

J.S. Bach Cantata BWV 170, aria 1: ‘Vergnügte ruh’

J.S Bach Obbligato Sonata No. 2 In A Major, BWV 1015

J.S. Bach Cantata BWV 82, aria 3: ‘Schlummert ein’

J.S. Bach Largo and Allegro Assai from Sonata no.3 in C major BWV 1005

J.S. Bach ‘Agnus Dei’, from Mass in B minor BWV 232

J.S. Bach Aria from BVW 201 ‘Aufgeblasne Hitze’

Troy Russell ‘Clans’, arr. for solo violin by Madeleine Easton

J.S. Bach Cantata BWV 54 ‘Widerstehe doch der Sünde

ARTISTS

Bach Akademie Australia

Soloist Reginald Mobley

Madeleine Easton Artistic Director