Bach Telemann: Money, power and pleasure, Netherlands Bach Society

In a theatrical programme about money, power and pleasure, the Netherlands Bach Society brings to life the fashionable Leipzig of the early 18th century. The performance begins with Bach s Erwählte PleißenStadt; we extend this song of praise to the city of Leipzig to our present time. Imagine a company, CEOs talking about the success of their companies, standing behind catheters like you have at a press conference. But then, in Bach s expressive cantata Es erhub sich ein Streit BWV 19, whistleblowers wonder: what about that success What goes on behind the scenes cannot pass muster. Power, money, sex, the same old story. In the complex story of Telemann s opera Der neumodische Liebhaber Damon, oder die Satyrn in Arcadien, the satyr Damon tries to conquer a kingdom from which he has been exiled. Like a true contemporary seducer, he explores the boundaries of sexuality and bourgeois decency. The characters from Telemann s opera already enter the stage during BWV 19, the f