Aco Bišćević, tenor & Reicha Quartet, Pablo Kornfeld, Domen Marinčič

Reicha Quartet 
Ivan Iliev, violin; Veronika Manová, violin; Jakub Verner, viola; Libor Mašek, cello 
 

Programme:
Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata Widerstehe doch der Sünde, BWV 54
Marc Antoine Charpentier: Seconde leçon de ténebres du Jeudi Saint, H. 139
Sébastien de Brossard: Canticum in honorem S. Cacilia, SdB. 50
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Giovanni Bononcini: Cantata Ch’io ti manchi di fede
Carl Heinrich Graun: Cantata Agitata alma mia 

Since taking part in the Salzburg Festival’s Young Singers Project in 2013, the versatile soloist Aco Bišćević has been making his mark at European opera houses and festivals as prestigious as Berlin, Munich, Salzburg, Merano, or Bayreuth. As the vocalist’s flexible high-lying tenor finds its fullest expression in the Baroque repertoire, the Ljubljana recital includes the first contemporary performance of a selected Carl Heinrich Graun’s cantata. 

His partner in the uncovering of precious Baroque treasures is a pioneering ensemble, the Reicha Quartet. In partnership with various basso continuo masters, the four musicians focus on a coherent and historically informed performance. Seeking to understand the longings and efforts of artists and audiences in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, the Quartet engage in thorough exploration of the era’s mindset and the aesthetic principles that led to creating unique works. What emerges are unique, stylistically authentic interpretations, imbued with emotion and self-reflection.