Les Morettes – 13-14 September 2025

Bach au Café Zimmermann

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 BachFrench Suite No. 5 BWV 816: Allemande, Courante
  • Johann Sebastian BachSonata for Viola da Gamba in G minor BWV 1029: Vivace
  • Johann Ernst BachSonata for Violin and Harpsichord No. 4 in G minor: Allegro
  • Johann Sebastian BachSonata for Violin and Harpsichord No. 1 in B minor BWV 1014: Allegro
  • Johann Sebastian BachCoffee Cantata BWV 211 (excerpts)
  • Johann Sebastian BachSonata for Flute and Harpsichord in B minor BWV 1030: Presto-Allegro
  • Johann Sebastian BachCantata BWV 1, No. 5: Aria “Unser Mund und Ton der Saiten”
  • Georg Philipp TelemannAch 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 BachOrchestral Suites, Ouverture No. 4 in D major: Marche, Passepieds 1 & 2, Air, La Joye
  • Jacob Handl (Gallus)Ecce quomodo moritur
Cast