Coffee Cantata and Cantata Burlesque by Johann Sebastian Bach
Premiere November 23, 2018 Kruispuntkerk Voorschoten (NL)
Camerata Delft puts two famous secular cantatas by Johann Sebastian Bach (BWV 211 "Coffee Cantata" and BWV 212 "Cantate Burlesque" as "mini-operas" on stage. Because unlike his church cantatas they directly touch upon the sumptuous earthly existence, and thereby invite to a debauched interpretation.
In the coffee cantata the danger of the temptations of life occupy centre stage. Which means: coffee. That sounds perhaps a bit unreal, but at the time of Bach one accredited great dangers to this brown stuff. For women and children it was even banned. The consumption of coffee may be an established phenomenon nowadays, that does not mean that other hazards are eliminated as well. In its weakness the human being still succumbs pretty easily to temptations. Everyone knows for example someone in the environment that seems stuck to its mobile phone.
And also in the cantata burlesque the morality is not always given the highest priority. In this two popular types are in the spotlight, which paint the town red during the national holiday. Since the birthday of the boss should be a big celebration. A day without partying is a day wasted!
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Credits Cast & Crew
Soprano Wendy Roobol
Base Sinan Vural
Tenor Adrian Fernandes/Joost van Velzen
Ensemble Camerata Delft:
Violin Quirine van Hoek
Violin Machteld van Delft
Viola Siebe Visser
Cello Lotte Beukman
Double base Astrid Schrijner
Flute Imre Rolleman
Horn Jenneke de Jonge
Theorbe Elly van Munster
Virginal Ilil Danin
Stage direction Annechien Koerselman
Organisation Camerata Delft (Lotte Beukman & Machteld van Delft)
Performances
2019
Eefde Kapel Op 't Rijsselt October 20, 2019. 11.30h
Eefde Kapel Op 't Rijsselt October 20, 2019. 15.00h
2018
Voorschoten Kruispuntkerk November 23, 2018. 20:00h https://www.musicultura.nl/
Delft World Art Delft December 02, 2018 11.00h
