TENET and the Sebastians – Pathways to Light

Two of New York’s premiere early music ensembles, TENET and the Sebastians, join forces to perform a reflective program of cantatas and instrumental works by the great German baroque composer, Dieterich Buxtehude.

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Dieterich Buxtehude (c. 1638-1707)

Ich habe Lust abzuscheiden, BuxWV 47

Sonata

Ich habe Lust abzuscheiden

Spann aus, spann aus, ach frommer Gott

Dann was ist doch die schnöde Welt

Wie einer, welcher auf dem Meer

So spann doch aus, ach frommer Gott

Johann Caspar Kerll (1627-1693)

Trio Sonata in F Major

Dieterich Buxtehude

Jesu dulcis memoria, BuxWV 56

Jesu dulcis memoria

Nil canitur suavius

Jesu, spes poenitentibus

Jesu, dulcedo cordium

Nex lingua valet dicere

Jesu, rex admirabilis

Mane nobiscum, Domine

Amor Jesu dulcissimus

Jesu dulcis memoria

George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)

Passacaglia, from Trio Sonata in G Major, Op. 5, No. 4

Dieterich Buxtehude

Cantate domino, BuxWV 12

Cantate Domino canticum novum

Cantate Domino, et benedicite nomini ejus

In omnibus populis mirabilia ejus

Quoniam magnus Dominus et laudabilis nimis

Gloria Patri et Filio et Spiritui Sancto

Intermission

Dietrich Buxtehude

Ich bin eine Blume zu Saron, BuxWV 45

Ich bin eine Blume zu Saron

Wie eine Rose in den Dornen

Ich sitze unter dem Schatten

Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber (1644-17040

Sonata No. 7 in G Major, C. 144

Largo

Aria

Adagio

Ciaconna

Dietrich Buxtehude

Herr, wenn ich nur dich hab, BuxWV 38

Jesu, meine Freude, BuxWV 60

Sonata

Jesu, meine Freude

Unter deinem Schirmen

Trotz dem alten Drachen

Weg mit allen Schätzen

Gute Nacht, o Wesen

Weicht, ihr Trauergeister

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Preëminent New York City-based early music ensemble TENET celebrates its ninth season in 2017-18 Under Artistic Director Jolle Greenleaf, TENET has won acclaim for its innovative programming, virtuosic singing and command of repertoire that spans the Middle Ages to the present day. Renowned for their interpretations of Renaissance and Baroque repertoire, TENET’s distinguished soloists’ have been praised for their pristine one-voice-to-a-part singing “to an uncanny degree of precision” (The Boston Globe).

The Sebastians are a dynamic and vital musical ensemble specializing in music of the baroque and classical eras. Lauded as “everywhere sharp-edged and engaging” (The New York Times), the Sebastians have also been praised for their “well-thought-out articulation and phrasing” (Early Music Review) and “elegant string playing… immaculate in tuning and balance” (Early Music Today).

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