Shaw | Bach with Kantos
Inspired by her lifelong love of Bach’s ‘really juicy’ music, composer Caroline Shaw has forged a musical voice that is both daringly modern and deeply rooted in tradition. Having grown up playing Bach’s solo violin partitas, Shaw has drawn on their structure and spirit for her Pulitzer Prize-winning Partita for 8 Voices.
In this performance, Kantos Chamber Choir places J.S. Bach’s Partita No. 2 for Solo Violin in direct conversation with Shaw’s visionary work; two composers in dialogue across three centuries.
Joined by the outstanding string soloists of Manchester Camerata, Kantos presents an exhilarating programme of rhythmic energy, intensity, and beauty, exploring the striking connections between two extraordinary musical minds.
Programme
- Caroline Shaw Its Motion Keeps
- Caroline Shaw Partita for 8 Singers I. Allemande
- J. S. Bach Violin Partita No.2 I. Allemande
- Caroline Shaw Partita for 8 Singers II. Sarabande
- J. S. Bach Violin Partita No.2 III. Sarabande
- Caroline Shaw Partita for 8 Singers III. Courante
- J. S. Bach Violin Partita No.2 II. Courante
- Caroline Shaw Partita for 8 Singers IV. Passacaglia
- J. S. Bach Ich lasse dich nicht
- J. S. Bach O Sacred Head, Sore Wounded
- Caroline Shaw Punctum
- Caroline Shaw To the Hands
- J. S. Bach Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied
Performed by
- Kantos Chamber Choir
- Manchester Camerata
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