Type: Choral
Choir: The Ex Tempore Choir
Orchestra: La Petite Bande
Conductor: Sigiswald Kuijken
Location: Leipzig Bach Festival, Germany
Year: 2004

A luminous Baroque concert from the Leipzig Bach Festival, pairing J.S. Bach’s joyful Ascension Oratorio with a later Ascension masterpiece by his son, C.P.E. Bach. Performed by the period-instrument ensemble La Petite Bande, the Ex-Tempore choir, and Baroque vocal soloists, this program offers a beautiful musical reflection on Christ’s Ascension. Bach’s son wrote this music late in his career reflecting two generations of the Bach family and evolving a voice that is dramatic and colorful.