The Cantata: Stories in Sound

Saturday, April 6 at 3pm & Monday, April 8 at 7pm

Antonello Hall, MacPhail Center for Music
501 S. 2nd St, Minneapolis, 55401

Asako Hirabayashi World Premiere Cantata & works for harpsichord
J.S. Bach Cantata BWV 82a Ich habe genug
J.S. Bach Cantata BWV 49Ich geh’ und suche mit Verlangen

Soloists:
Linh Kauffman, soprano
Philip Zawisza, baritone
Tami Morse, harpsichord

Tickets available online and at the door

Questions?
Email: adminmbe@mnbach.org

 In celebration of our second decade, MBE is commissioning a new work, which will connect the Baroque cantata tradition to the current artistic scene of the Twin Cities. This commission is for a modern-day cantata, based on contemporary text, by local composer and harpsichordist, Asako Hirabayashi. It will pay homage to the texts used by J. S. Bach, which were relevant to and reflective of his times. This new composition will evoke the powerful and dynamic creative period of the 18th century, when the vast majority of music performed was new.

Asako Hirabayashi is a renowned and acclaimed composer in the Twin Cities and beyond. MBE is thrilled to commission her to commemorate our eleventh year. Her world premiere will be paired with two of J. S. Bach’s vintage Cantatas.