Episode 1398. In this Bach Week, we will hear cantatas from 1728, 1730, 1731 and 1735. A new recording of the ‘Actus Tragicus’ is also featured. Today we will start with the cantata ‘Wir danken dir, Gott, wir danken dir’ BWV 29, written for Ratswechsel on 27 August 1731.
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
1. Cantata “Wir danken dir, Gott, wir danken dir” BWV 29, gwritten for Ratswechsel on 27 August 1731.
– Sinfonia
– Chorus. Wir danken dir, Gott, wir danken dir
– Aria (Tenore). Halleluja, Stärk und Macht
– Recitativo (Basso). Gott Lob! es geht uns wohl!
– Aria (Soprano). Gedenk an uns mit deiner Liebe
– Recitativo [e Chorus] (Alto). Vergiss es ferner nicht, mit deiner Hand
– Arioso (Alto). Halleluja, Stärk und Macht
– Choral. Sei Lob und Preis mit Ehren
Hana Blažíková, soprano. Robin Blaze, altus. Gerd Türk, tenor. Peter Kooij, bass. Bach Collegium Japan conducted by Masaaki Suzuki
Read more about cantata BWV 29 here.
2. Piano Concerto No. 5 in F minor, BWV 1056
– I —
– II Largo
– III Presto
Beatrice Rana, piano. Amsterdam Sinfonietta
3. Cello suite no. 6 in D major, BWV 1012
– I Prélude
– II Allemande
– III Courante
– IV Sarabande
– V Gavotte I
– VI Gavotte II
– VII Gigue
Saeunn Thorsteinsdottir, cello
4 from St. John’s Passion, BWV 245:
– Aria (S) Zerfließe, Mein Herze
Julia Doyle, soprano. J.S. Bach Foundation conducted by Rudolf Lutz
Picture: Masaaki Suzuki (credit: Marco Borggreve)
