Episode 1139. In this Bach week, there are would-be cantatas, cantatas for Sunday Estomihi ‘fasting Sunday’, and the organ mass with sung chorales. Today, among others, the cantata “Sehet wir gehn hinauf gen Jerusalem, BWV 159 for Sunday Estomihi (‘fasting Sunday’ or ‘Sunday of Carnival’)”.
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
1. Cantata “Sehet wir gehn hinauf gen Jerusalem”, BWV 159
– 1. Arioso (Bass) and Recitative (Alto) – Sehet Wir Gehn Hinauf Gen Jerusalem
– 2. Aria (Alto) and Chorale (Soprano) – Ich Folge Dir Nach/Ich Will Hier Bei Dir Stehen
– 3. Recitative (Tenor) – Nun Will Ich Mich, Mein Jesu
– 4. Aria (Bass) – Es Ist Vollbracht
– 5. Chorale – Jesu, Deine Passion
Margot Oitzinger, alto. Nicolas Savoy, tenor. Klaus Mertens, bass. J.S. Bach Foundation conducted by Rudolf Lutz
(cd Bach Cantatas No. 7 – J.S. Bach Foundation BWV 38, 159, 139)
Read more about cantata BWV 159.
2. From Clavierübung III ‘Organ Mass’:
– 18 Christ, unser Herr, zum Jordan kam, BWV 280 (version for voice and organ)
– 19 Christ, unser Herr, zum Jordan kam, BWV 685
– 20 Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir, BWV 38 – Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir, BWV 38/ Chorale/ Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir (version for voice and organ)
– 21 Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir, BWV 687
– 22 Jesus Christus, unser Heiland, BWV 363 (version for voice and organ)
– 23 Fuga super Jesus Christus unser Heiland, BWV 689
– 24 Das walt Gott Vater und Gott Sohn, BWV 290
– 25 Prelude & Fugue in E-flat major, BWV 552 “St. Anne” – Fugue
Vocal Quartet of the J.S. Bach Foundation (Lia Andres, soprano. Antonia Frey, alto. Raphael Höhn, tenor. Philippe A. Rayot, bass). Johannes Lang, organ (Metzler AG, Dietikon, 1990 – Catholic Church Gams, St. Gallen, Switzerland)
(cd Clavierübung III Organ Mass – Johannes Lang – Vocal Quartet of the J.S. Bach Foundation)
Johann Ludwig Bach (1677-1731) (the ‘Meininger Bach’)
3. Concerto in D major
– 1. Allegro
– 2. Adagio
– 3. Allegro
Musica Antiqua Köln conducted by Reinhard Goebel
(cd Bachianas)
Johann Sebastian Bach
4. Duet No. 2 in F major, BWV 803
Vocal Quartet of the J.S. Bach Foundation. Johannes Lang, organ
(cd Clavierübung III Organ Mass – Johannes Lang – Vocal Quartet of the J.S. Bach Foundation)
Johann Christian Bach (1735-1782)
5. Ich Lasse Dich Nicht
Vox Luminis conducted by Lionel Meunier
(cd Bach Family Motets)
On image: Entry into Jerusalem by Giotto Scrovegni (ca. 1304)
