There’s a birthday boy ! On Tuesday 2nd May the Flemish conductor Philippe Herreweghe will be 70 . So in Bach ad Infinitum from 1st to 5th May it will be Philippe Herreweghe week .
In this week we’ll be playing a lot of Luthersan misses and cantatas, with on Monday 1st May at 13.00 the Magnificat and cantata BWV 80.
On Thursday 4th and Friday 5th May the Mass in B Minor.
Here is the playlist for Geen dag zonder Bach on 1st May (13.00-14.00 ).
Herreweghe’s birthday will also be fully celebrated on Sunday 14th May in the Concertgebouw, with a concert by Collegium Vocale Gent with soloists such as Dorothee Mields, Hana Blažíková and Peter Kooij.
They’ll be performing the Missa Brevis and cantatas BWV 79 and 80.