Kaffeekantate
»Schweigt stille, plaudert nicht«, BWV 211
Music by Johann Sebastian Bach
Text by Picander
Semi-concert performance
Around 1734, coffee was viewed with suspicion by those in power, who feared a coup by the excited masses and subsequently introduced a coffee tax. Liesgen Schlendrian also loves nothing more than drinking her daily coffee – a bad habit in the eyes of her conservative father. But Liesgen has no revolution in mind, rather permission to marry. But then it would have to be a man with whom she could share her passion...
In his famous Coffee Cantata, the highlight of 18th-century Saxon coffee house music, Bach shows his hearty, humorous side and, using folk elements, creates an invigorating chamber music work of art centred on true passion!
In cooperation with the Munich Bach Festival 2025
Cast on 11/11/2025
Baroque violin* Kumiko Yamauchi, Susanne Sonnemann
Baroque viola* Clara Holdenried
Baroque cello* Clemens Weigel
Baroque double bass* Anton Kammermeier
Transverse flute* Uta Sasgen
Harpsichord* Mairi Grewar
*historical instruments tuned to A'=415Hz
