Episode 1394. In this Bach week, we will continue our chronological approach to the cantatas, and will hear cantatas from 1729. The new CD by Benjamin Alard is also featured. Today’s playlist includes the cantata “Ich liebe den Höchsten von ganzem Gemüte” BWV 174, composed for Whit Monday in 1729. We will also play the single released by organist Pietro Paganini in this hour!
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
1. Cantata “Ich liebe den Höchsten von ganzem Gemüte” BWV 174, composed for Whit Monday on 6 June 1729
– Sinfonia
– Aria (Alto) Ich Liebe Den Höchsten Von Ganzem Gemüte
– Recitative (Tenor) O Liebe, Welcher Keine Gleich!
– Aria (Bass) Greifet Zu, Fasst Das Heil, Ihr Glaubenshände
– Chorale Herzlich Lieb Hab Ich Dich, O Herr
Bogna Bartosz, alt. Christoph Prégardien, tenor. Klaus Mertens, bass. Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir conducted by Ton Koopman
Read more about cantata BWV 174 here.
2. Trio sonata no. 4 in E minor, BWV 528
– I. Adagio – Vivace
– II. Andante
– III. Un poco allegro
– Aria ‘So oft ich meine Tobackspfeife’, BWV 515a
Gerlinde Sämann, soprano. Benjamin Alard, harpsichord and clavichord
(cd The Complete Works for Keyboard Vol. 10, Harmonia Mundi HMM90249597, 2025)
3. Cello suite no. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008 (arr. for theorbe: Yasunori Imamura)
– I Prélude
– II Allemande
– III Courante
– IV Sarabande
– V Menuett I – VI Menuett II
– VII Gigue
Yasunori Imamura, theorbe
4.from: Toccata, Adagio, and Fugue in C major, BWV 564
– III Fugue
Pietro Paganini, Müller-organ Waalse Kerk Amsterdam (1734)
(single Fugue in C, BWV 564, Challenge Classics, 2025)
