Episode 1403. In this Bach week, we will hear cantatas for an unknown occasion in 1728 and 1730, and cantatas for a certain Sunday in 1731 and 1732. Today we will start with the choral cantata “Der Herr ist mein getreuer Hirt” BWV 112, composed for Sunday Misericordias Domini in 1731.
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
1. Choral cantata “Der Herr ist mein getreuer Hirt” BWV 112, written for Sunday Misericordias Domini on 8 April 1731.
– Coro – Der Herr ist mein getreuer Hirt
– Aria – Alt, Zum reinen Wasser er mich weist
– Arioso e Recitativo – Bass, Und ob ich wandelt im finstern Tal
– Duetto – Sopran, Tenor, Du bereitest für mir einen Tisch
– Coro – Gutes und die Barmherzigkeit
Katharine Fuge, soprano. William Towers, altus. Norbert Meyn, tenor. Stephen Varcoe, bass. Monteverdi Choir and Baroque Soloists conducted by John Eliot Gardiner
2. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (movement 2) (arr. for violin and ensemble: Chad Kelly)
– Variation 16 “Ouverture”
– Variation 17
– Variation 18 “Canone alla Sesta”
– Variation 19
– Variation 20
– Variation 21 “Canone alla Settima”
– Variation 22 “alla breve”
– Variation 24 “Canone all’Ottava”
– Variation 25 “Adagio”
– Variation 26
– Variation 27 “Canone alla Nona”
– Variation 28
– Variation 29
– Variation 30 “Quodlibet” – “Aria da capo”
Rachel Podger, violin. Brecon Baroque conducted by Chad Kelly
3. from cantata “Sei Lob und Ehr den höchsten Gut” BWV 117
– Aria (Tenor) – Was Unser Gott Geschaffen Hat
Jan Kobow, tenor. J. S. Bach Foundation conducted by Rudolf Lutz
Pictured: Bach statue in Köthen (source: musikermuseen.de)
