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Komm, Jesu, Komm! BWV 229
Der Geist hilft unser Schwachheit auf BWV 226
Lobet den Herrn alle Heiden BWV 230
Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied BWV 225
Cello Suites no. 1 in G major BWV 1007 & no. 2 in D minor BWV 1008


In this welcome return to the Temple, the Holst Singers are joined by cellist Joseph Crouch, welI known to us as a member of the Temple Players, for a concert combining two of Bach’s hauntingly beautiful and virtuosic suites for solo cello, with four of his motets.

Bach wrote motets only for special occasions (probably funerals) with the texts based on biblical quotations and chorales. On the occasions for which they were composed, he normally had more choristers at his disposal than was usual and was thus able to use between five- and eight-part writing, musical complexity of the kind at which the Holst singers excel.

This concert is generously supported by The Morris-Venables Charitable Foundation and Robert Venables QC, Tax Chambers, Lincoln's Inn.