It is easy to imagine the great Johann Sebastian Bach almost exclusively as an elderlyman, steeped in the greatest musical knowledge that only time and experience can bring. Yet it was a young man in his early twenties who handed down to us the powerful, true masterpieces that comprise his very first sacred cantatas. These works are the first of one of the most important musical collections in the whole of the western world, delivered in all their splendour here with La Chapelle de Québec.

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Bach, les premières cantates et Bernard Labadie

Palais Montcalm – Maison de la musique

A long time ago, in Sicily... Galatea was a sea nymph, a Nereid, who lived on the island inhabited by the Cyclops Polyphemus, son of Poseidon, who was deeply in love with her. But Galatea loved the young shepherd Acis, son of Pan. The jealous Cyclops Polyphemus crushes Acis under a rock. Fortunately, sea nymphs have special powers and Acis is granted immortality, transformed by Galatea into a gushing fountain.

Hugo Hymas

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6 - 8 Mar, 2025

Bach, les premières cantates et Bernard Labadie · Les Violons du Roy

May 13, 2025

Acis & Galatea · Clermont Auvergne Opéra

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Acis in Acis & Galatea by Handel

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