‘For the Feast of the Reformation’ — at the Cathedral
Posted on October 25, 2013
Filed under Sydney Diocese
They’re doing something a little different at St. Andrew’s Cathedral for Reformation Day –
JS Bach — Cantata no.79 ‘For the Feast of the Reformation’
“In an Australian first – a performance of Bach’s magnificent Cantata 79: “God is our Sun & Shield”, within the context of our Sunday Service on October 27th at 10:30am.
Bach wrote this cantata for the Sunday morning service celebrating Reformation Day at St. Thomas’ Church in Leipzig in October 1725. His own choir of boys and men was almost the same size and age as the Choir of St. Andrew’s, making this the first time in Australia that the piece has been performed in the same context and with the forces that Bach would have heard it in 1725!
The Dean of Sydney, Phillip Jensen, will be speaking on the Reformation festival itself; a celebration of the very heart of the Christian faith, and the congregation will be invited to join heartily with Martin Luther’s hymns that will frame the service, just as they did in Bach’s day.”
It’s at 10:30am on Sunday 27th October at St. Andrew’s Cathedral. Download a 600kb PDF flier.
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