The Voice of the Recorder
The Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century joins forces again with recorder player and singer Lucie Horsch. A special programme on recorder and voice with works by J.S. Bach, Antonio Vivaldi and a brand new work by Reza Namavar. Old music in a new way; new music inspired by old masters.
The recorder's name comes from the Latin ricordare la voce. Literally: remembering the voice. Lucie Horsch takes the test. She plays the recorder in Bach's harpsichord concerto, in an arrangement by Frans Brüggen, himself a renowned recorder player and founder of the Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century. In the second part, Lucie sings. To do so, she goes back to the vocal roots of this concert: Bach's own aria Stirb in mir, Welt from the cantata Gott soll allein mein Herze haben. The closing piece of the evening Lucie Horsch herself arranged for her instrument. This is how Bach sounded if he did compose for recorder!