THE SALT ROAD

A performance by In Echo with readings by Horatio Clare

Sunday 18 October at 1pm

Brecon Cathedral

The ancient Salt Road road between Lüneburg and Lübeck, walked by Bach on his way to meet Buxtehude, has existed beyond memory. It was a vital artery for transporting the ‘white gold’ upon which the wealth of the region depended. This concert explores the idea of journeys real and imagined with music by Bach, Buxtehude, Brade, Schütz, Walter and Isaac. Woven into this are readings by Horatio Clare from his book Something of his Art, written after Horatio was commissioned by BBC Radio 3 to walk the entirety of Bach’s original route. The concert includes the premiere of a new work by Silas Wollston entitled “White Gold”.

Gawain Glenton - cornetto/director

Bojan Cicic - violin

Rachel Byrt - viola

Emily White - sackbut

Bill Hunt - violone

Silas Wollston - organ

Programme:

Innsbruck ich muss dich lassen Heinrich Isaac (1450-1517)

Reading 1 

An Wasserflüssen Babylon BWV 653b J.S. Bach (1685-1750)

Reading 2 

Chorale Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin J.S. Bach

Canzona a 4 BWV 588 J.S. Bach

Reading 3 

Ich fahr dahin zu Jesu Christ á 5 Heinrich Schütz (1585-1672)

Pilligrienen tanz William Brade (1560-1630)

Reading 4 

White Gold (world premiere performance) - Silas Wollston

Sonata á violino solo Nathanael Schnittelbach (1633-1667)

Reading 5 

In Gottes namen fahren wir Thomas Stoltzer (1480-1526)

Ciacona in E minor Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707)

Reading 6 

Wir glauben all’ an einen Gott BWV 740 J.S. Bach

O Welt, ich muß dich lassen Johann Gottfried Walther (1684-1748)

Duration: 1 hour with no interval.

Tickets: £22. Please note this concert will have unreserved seating.