Hiob

In the organizer's words:

1st Bach Choir Concert / Carl Loewe: "Job"

A wager between the devil and God: the devil claims that Job will turn away when he suffers. But Job reacts differently than the devil expects - he does not give up his faith. Carl Loewe sets this story in baroque oratorio form - but modernizes it with his ballad style. Emotional passages with expressive melodies and arias with coloratura almost reminiscent of opera are created. Loewe's oratorio "Hiob" was composed in Stettin in 1848 and was long considered lost.

Thomas Gropper, the new musical director of the Heidelberg Bach Choir, introduces himself to the audience with this more than worthwhile new discovery.