The Countertenor – Bach's Holy Spirit

Bach Akademie Australia is joined by GRAMMY®-nominated countertenor Reginald Mobley.

Experience the profound joy and inspiration found in the music of J.S. Bach with the dynamic and flexible ensemble of instrumentalists and singers, Bach Akademie Australia. The ensemble is joined by acclaimed GRAMMY®-nominated American countertenor Reginald Mobley—renowned for his purity of tone and deeply personal musicality—for his debut performance in Melbourne.

A distinguished specialist in period and baroque music, Reginald Mobley frequently collaborates with the Monteverdi Choir and Orchestra, the Academy of Ancient Music, the New York Philharmonic, and the Boston Symphony Orchestra, among others. In this performance, Mobley presents arias and cantatas of solace and profundity, including Bach’s Agnus Dei from the Mass in B minor, alongside instrumental works and Clans, a composition by First Nations composer Troy Russell. Commissioned by Bach Akademie Australia, in response to the Morning Star.

Tickets

Standard $75 ($65 Concession)
Student $40

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Artists

Madeleine Easton Artistic Director
Reginald Mobley countertenor
Bach Akademie Australia

Program

Johann Sebastian Bach 
Cantata BWV 170, aria 'Vergnügte ruh'
Obbligato Sonata No. 2 in A, BWV 1015
Cantata BWV 82a, aria 'Schlummert ein'
Largo and Allegro Assai from Sonata No.3 in C, BWV 1005
Mass in B minor BWV 232 'Agnus Dei'
Aria from BVW 201 'Aufgeblasne Hitze'

Troy Russell arr. Madeleine Easton
Clans for solo violin 

Johann Sebastian Bach 
Cantata BWV 54 'Widerstehe doch der Sünde'