Date and time: 2 November 2026. 9 pm.
Price: 22 €
Venue: Basilica of Santa Maria del Mar.
Entrance via the Fossar de les Moreres gate.
Unnumbered seating
Performers:
Capella de Música de Santa Maria del Mar
Participatory choir
Jeremy Nastasi, theorbo
Alberto Jara, violone
Joan Seguí, organ and conductor
Programme:
I.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Herzlich lieb hab ich dich, oh Herr, BWV 1115
Herzlich lieb hab ich dich, oh Herr, BWV 340
Johann Michael Bach
Unser leben währet siebenzig Jahr
Heinrich Schütz
Wie lieblich sind deine wohnungen
II.
Georg Böhm
Partita super Ach wie nichtig, ach wie flüchtig
Michael Franck
Ach wie flüchtig, ach wie nichtig
Johann Bach
Unser leben ist ein Schatten
Andreas Hammerschmidt
Ach wie gar nichts
Heinrich Schütz
Ich bin die Auferstehung un das Leben SWV 464
Johann Sebastian Bach
Ach Herr lass dein lieb Engelein BWV 340
III.
William Harris
Bring us o Lord God
Johann Sebastian Bach
Komm, süßer Tod BWV 478
Johann Sebastian Bach – Joan Seguí
Komm, süßer Tod
Johann Sebastian Bach – Knut Nystedt
Immortal Bach
Commentary:
Komm, süßer Tod presents a journey through German music of the 17th and 18th centuries, exploring one of the great themes of the European spiritual tradition: the awareness of the fleeting nature of life and reflection on death. The programme brings together works by different members of the Bach family alongside music by Schütz, Hammerschmidt and Harris.
A group of singers will join the Capella de Música de Santa Maria del Mar to sing the Lutheran hymns that connect the programme, just as congregations of worshippers did in the past.
Reduced admission: €18 available for students, large or single-parent families, under-26s and unemployed people. Documentary proof of eligibility for the discount is required.
Tickets can be purchased online by clicking here or at the entrance to the Basilica before each concert.
Photograph: ©Maite Caramés
