A weekday programme on the works of Johann Sebastian Bach with compiler Govert Jan Bach and host Joop van Zijl. Episode 221: more preferences of Maarten ‘t Hart: the English suites. At the beginning of this new month, December, a lot of Advent and Christmas music of Bach. This week, we will be hearing the three cantatas of Bach, which he had written for the Sunday of the 1st Advent.
1. Cantata BWV 36 Schwingt freudig euch empor (1731)
2. Cantata BWV 62 Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland II (1724)
Sibylla Rubens, soprano Sarah Connoly, alt. Christoph Prégardien, tenor. Peter Kooij, bass. Collegium Vocale Gent led by Philippe Herreweghe
(HMC 901605)
3. Klavierconcerto in f BWV 1056
Gary Cooper, fortepiano. B’Rock
(Etcetera KTC 1477)
Picture: Sibylla Rubens
Host: Joop van Zijl