Bach & Eisler
Johann Sebastian Bach and Hanns Eisler, contrasting composers? This unexpected combination of two stellar composers brought the adventurers of Holland Baroque together with the masterful baritone Thomas Oliemans.
Hanns Eisler: soldier during World War I, fled Germany to reach Los Angeles via Paris and London. Deported from the U.S. in 1948, Eisler then faces trial again in East Berlin on suspicion of wrong motives. Cut off from his roots, searching for the meaning(s) of existence, he inimitably set Brecht's words to music. In his songs you can hear the displaced and his longing for a better world. Johann Sebastian Bach and Hanns Eisler. Paradise happiness seems to lie on the other side with both composers. Where we are not...
Bach's cantata "Ich habe genung" enjoys great fame. According to Thomas Oliemans, the theme is being thrown back on yourself and how should you live? How do you give meaning to your life and when do you have genug? Thomas: "What I find fascinating about bringing together these pieces by Bach and Eisler is the extraordinarily poignant and personal way in which they both ultimately address a similar theme."
Johann Sebastian Bach and Hanns Eisler, contrasting composers? This unexpected combination of two stellar composers brought the adventurers of Holland Baroque together with the masterful baritone Thomas Oliemans.
Hanns Eisler: soldier during World War I, fled Germany to reach Los Angeles via Paris and London. Deported from the U.S. in 1948, Eisler then faces trial again in East Berlin on suspicion of wrong motives. Cut off from his roots, searching for the meaning(s) of existence, he inimitably set Brecht's words to music. In his songs you can hear the displaced and his longing for a better world. Johann Sebastian Bach and Hanns Eisler. Paradise happiness seems to lie on the other side with both composers. Where we are not...
Bach's cantata "Ich habe genung" enjoys great fame. According to Thomas Oliemans, the theme is being thrown back on yourself and how should you live? How do you give meaning to your life and when do you have genug? Thomas: "What I find fascinating about bringing together these pieces by Bach and Eisler is the extraordinarily poignant and personal way in which they both ultimately address a similar theme."
