Step into Leipzig’s legendary Café Zimmermann: a staged evening tracing Bach’s musical life and circle, weaving chamber works, arias, and cantatas. The 2025 Prangins Baroque Young Talents join our artistic team to rekindle the café’s spirit of listening and discovery—a vibrant, intimate, sparkling journey at Bach’s side.
Program
- Johann Sebastian Bach — French Suite No. 5 BWV 816: Allemande, Courante
- Johann Sebastian Bach — Sonata for Viola da Gamba in G minor BWV 1029: Vivace
- Johann Ernst Bach — Sonata for Violin and Harpsichord No. 4 in G minor: Allegro
- Johann Sebastian Bach — Sonata for Violin and Harpsichord No. 1 in B minor BWV 1014: Allegro
- Johann Sebastian Bach — Coffee Cantata BWV 211 (excerpts)
- Johann Sebastian Bach — Sonata for Flute and Harpsichord in B minor BWV 1030: Presto-Allegro
- Johann Sebastian Bach — Cantata BWV 1, No. 5: Aria “Unser Mund und Ton der Saiten”
- Georg Philipp Telemann — Ach Herr, strafe mich nicht (excerpts): Air “Ich bin müde von Seufzen”, Arioso “Meine Gestalt ist verfallen”, Arioso “Weichet, ihr Übeltäter”, Recit “Denn der Herr höret mein Weinen”
- Johann Bernhard Bach — Orchestral Suites, Ouverture No. 4 in D major: Marche, Passepieds 1 & 2, Air, La Joye
- Jacob Handl (Gallus) — Ecce quomodo moritur