Kristen Witmer, Thomas Triesschijn & Alsjosja Mietus
Cantatas by Telemann & Bach
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Recorded live at the Gertrudiskapel Utrecht, 26 August 2020
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About this concert
Soprano Kristen Witmer, recorder player Thomas Triesschijn and Alsjosja Mietus (organ and harpsichord) perform a selection of cantatas by Bach and Telemann.
Kristen Witmer, Thomas Triesschijn and Aljosja Mietus are part of van The Counterpoints.
Programme
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Georg Philipp Telemann
Cantata: Seele, lerne dich erkennen, TWV 1:1258
Aria: Seele, lerne dich erkennen
Recitative: Ein Vögelchen, dem noch die Glieder zu zart und weich
Aria: So will ich dich mit Freuden küssen1681-1767 -
Johann Sebastian Bach
Aria: Die Seele ruht
(from: Cantata ‘Herr Jesu Christ, wahr’ Mensch und Gott,’ BWV 127)1685-1750 -
Georg Philipp Telemann
Sonatina for recorder in C minor, TWV 41:c2 instrumental
Largo
Allegro
Dolce
Vivace -
Johann Sebastian Bach
Aria: Mit zarten und vergnügten Trieben
(from: Cantata ‘Die Freude reget sich,’ BWV 36b) -
Georg Philipp Telemann
Cantata: Die Zufriedenheit, TWV 20:29
Aria: Fraget nicht, vergnügte Freunde
Recitative: Ich schätze den noch nicht beglückt
Aria: Immerhin wird mein Sinn
(from: VI moralische Kantaten, Hamburg ca. 1736)
Musicians
- Kristen Witmer soprano
- Thomas Triesschijn recorder
- Aljosja Mietus harpsichord, organ
About the performers
Kristen Witmer studied Classical singing at Tokyo University of the Arts and Baroque singing at the Royal Conservatoire The Hague where she obtained a Master’s degree in Early Music. As a soloist Kristen has performed around the world with various distinguished conductors and ensembles in the Early Music field such as the Netherlands Bach Society, Bach Collegium Japan and Collegium Vocale Gent. She has also performed in many international music festivals such as the Salzburg Festival, Utrecht Early Music Festival and International Chamber Music Festival Utrecht.
Thomas Triesschijn (The Netherlands, 1992), began his musical studies with choral and recorder lessons at the age of seven with Willem Blonk. Thomas won first prize during the finals of the Princess Christina Competition in Rotterdam. After earning a Bachelor of Music from the Royal Conservatoire The Hague, studying with Dorothea Winter, he completed his Master's degree in 2016 at the Utrecht Conservatorium with Heiko ter Schegget. Thomas focuses on the performance of both early and contemporary music. He has performed all over Europe, the USA and Asia, as a soloist, chamber musician and orchestral musician working with ensembles such as Les Talens Lyriques and Vox Luminis. In 2011, Thomas and harpsichordist Aljosja Mietus formed a duo, and recently released their debut album "Inspiring Bach" in 2015. Since then their duo expanded to form a quartet called The Counterpoints.
Aljosja Mietus (The Netherlands, 1990) received his first piano lessons when he was eight years old, but switched to the harpsichord at the age of twelve, having lessons with Menno van Delft and later with Tilman Gey. After finishing his secondary education at the Barlaeus Gymnasium in Amsterdam, he started his theology studies at Leiden University where he graduated in 2012. During his theology studies he started his harpsichord and basso continuo studies at the Royal Conservatoire of The Hague with Jacques Ogg and Patrick Ayrton. He finished his Bachelor’s degree in 2014 and started his Master’s at the same institute with Jacques Ogg and Kris Verhelst, for which he graduated cum laude in 2016.