J.S. Bach - La Serenata Ritrovata - BWV66a - La Risonanza - Fabio Bonizzoni

We know that it was the 24th birthday party for Prince Leopold of Anhalt-Köthen. And we also know that it was a particularly lavish birthday, with dancing, music and theatrical performances. And we know that Johann Sebastian Bach composed a serenade to celebrate the feast and that Hamburg's most famous theatre bass, Gottfried Riemschneider, was invited to sing. Of this composition we are left with the libretto but... not the music. Bach, however - like almost all composers - reused his best pages, adapting them to another text. So, we set out to find it! And here, after years of work, we present what was probably the Serenade performed on the evening of the 10th of December 1718 for Prince Leopold. A musicologist, a musician, a composer, a translator and... a lot of passion are the ingredients that finally allow us to relive that magical moment of music and splendour that amazed the guests of the Köthen court 325 years ago.
Thanks to Karl Böhmer, Jörn Boysen, Carlo Vitali, Fabio Bonizzoni and La Risonanza, J.S. Bach's Serenata "Der Himmel dacht auf Anhalts Ruhm und Glück" is now reborn!

[@shin-i-chikozima]

Comfort of Bach‘s music Is off the charts

[@GermanGreetings]

Love to the South: Those are the blessings of a really small Ensemble, getting this music so much closer to Schütz and Vivaldi...: light, allegro ma non troppo...and full of 'hidden' dynamics, accents... Beautiful ! And I like it, when the conductor acts from a Cembalo :)

[@enotrius]

Emozionante esecuzione, grazie!

[@menachemadar1]

הפתעה משמחת, להבדיל משחזורים אחרים, כאן הכל עובד! הביצוע מרגש ומלהיב, תודה רבה!!

[@bruceanderson5538]

A delightful serendipitous execution of Baroque Bach Bounty. Thank you👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@herbertneubacher4757]

Fantastic Rekonstruktion and beautifully performed. Great ❤🎉😊

[@danielrodriguez9630]

❤

[@sartohrifamilytv5606]

❤❤❤🎉

[@matteovasta5952]

Si sembra musica di Bach. Mi ricordano le celebri cantate del caffè e l’altra. L’esecuzione è bella

[@kirkfuller8020]

👏👏👏👏👏

[@judithwhitehouse2149]

Bach - pioneer of recycling!

[@jacobusbinnema3096]

Exciting and beautiful. Is there a webpage or other source with more details on the reconstruction?

[@filipzielinski4182]

Grychtolik's reconstruction works way better...

[@extrasalt4595]

I disagree.

[@filipzielinski4182]

@@extrasalt4595 You have a right to, but do you have any proof?

[@GermanGreetings]

@@filipzielinski4182 Can you give us a link please ?

[@canaleteatrale6662]

Karl the king of fakers

[@GermanGreetings]

Sorry... your comment makes no sense... which Karl are you talking about ?