From Wealth of Tears to Cheerful Hearts: Odes by Bach and Blow

Tempesta di Mare – Philadelphia Baroque Orchestra

2008

$40,000

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Tempesta di Mare.

The Philadelphia Baroque Orchestra Tempesta di Mare presented the concert series From Wealth of Tears to Cheerful Hearts: Odes by Bach and Blow in collaboration with the Philadelphia Singers. The program featured J.S. Bach's rarely performed Trauer-Ode, along with the world premiere of composer John Blow's With Cheerful Hearts, an ode to New Year's Day transcribed from the sole surviving manuscript at the British Museum.

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