"Music for a while" - music by Purcell and Bach

The summer program of the Il Prete Rosso Baroque Orchestra with soloist Christine Busch under the direction of Andreas Westermann is dedicated to compositions by Henry Purcell and Johann Sebastian Bach. The title goes back to the aria of the same name from the drama Oedipus, which Purcell set to music based on the text by John Dryden in 1692. Both Henry Purcell and Johann Sebastian Bach came from long-established families of musicians who practiced the profession of musician in the usual sense of a trade at the time. Both Henry Purcell and Johann Sebastian Bach surpassed their ancestors through their work, which, in addition to their masterful compositional technique, represents an intellectual achievement and thus expresses an individual, self-confident need for mission, which has an impact far beyond their lifetime. Bach and Purcell have become monuments of German and English Baroque music.


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