A Sunday hour with early music goodies. Luther as a musician: Lute music Luther could have played himself and chorals by Luther set to music by Bach.
During the first half of the broadcast we will play lute music from the 16th century which Luther himself maybe could have played. In the second half music from Bach, based on chorals by Luther.
Emanuel Adriaensen (ca. 1555-1604)
1. Allemande Prince
2. Anchor che col partir
Toyohiko Satoh, lute
(CD Lute Music, NM Classics 92016, 1992)
Vincenzo Capirola (1474 – after 1548)
3. La Villanella
4. Balletto
5. Ricercar X
6. Padoana alla francese II
7. O mia cieca e dura sorte
8. Che farala che dirala
9. Balletto
Anthony Holborne (1547? – 1602)
10. Piece without title
11. Wanton (Playfellow No 2)
12. Countess of Pembroke’s Paradise (Pavan no 15)
Anthony Bailes, lute
(LP EMI CDM 7634202, 1983)
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
13. Choral Christ lag in Todesbanden, BWV 718
14. Cantate Christ lag in Todesbanden, BWV 4
15. Fuge in D-moll, BWV 538
Additional:
16. Toccata in D-moll, BWV 538
Leo van Doeselaar, organ. Musica Amphion & Gesualdo Consort Amsterdam conducted by Pieter-Jan Belder
(CD Bach & Luther, Et’Cetera KTC 1442, 2012)
In the picture: detail of ‘Martin Luther und seine Familie’ after Gustav Adolph Spangenberg
