Do you want to escape the delusion of the day, come to yourself and settle down? Reflect with Bach is the place to be. A Saturday morning in TivoliVredenburg with contemporary writers and thinkers speaking out on major life themes. Combined with cantatas by Bach, performed by the Netherlands Bach Society.
Note: the language of this series Reflect with Bach is Dutch.
Writer Abdelkader Benali explores the universal themes of life and offers tranquillity. The common thread is Bach's cantata Tilge, Höchster, meine Sünden, BWV 1083, an arrangement of Pergolesi's Stabat Mater.
Eva Meijer is a philosopher, artist, writer, and singer-songwriter. Recurring themes in her work are language including silence, madness, animals, and politics.
Stine Jensen addresses farewell and various facets of death in this reflection concert. Bach's motets add additional comfort.
What is love? What does love sound like? Poetess Maud Vanhauwaert and publicist and podcast maker Corine Koole dwell on a festive wedding cantata and a cantata about friendship and parting.
How can you stay true to your own values in a time when solidarity is coming under increasing pressure? Essayist and poet Marjoleine de Vos reflects on this question, which was also a topical theme in Bach’s day.
Bach is sometimes referred to as the great comforter. A typical Bach theme is: hand over your cares and concerns, and trust that all will be well. But how do you do that if you don’t believe in divine powers? Maxim Februari looks for answers.