A weekday programme about the oeuvre of Johann Sebastian Bach with producer Govert Jan Bach and host Joop van Zijl.
Episode 320: in preparation for Advent and Christmas we will listen to a live recording of an aria from the Christmas Oratorio, a Christmas cantata and the Magnificat by Dunedin Consort conducted by John Butt.
From Weihnachtsoratorium:
1. Aria Schliesse, Mein Herze, BWV 248
David Cohen, altus (pictured on the right) and Kimball Huigens, piano
(live recorded during the audiobook presentation from Govert Jan Bach about Weihnachtsoratorium and Magnificat, Scheltema Amsterdam, 1/11/2015)
Giovanni Gabrieli
2. Hodie Christus Natus Est
Johann Sebastian Bach
3. From Das Orgel-Büchlein: Gott, Durch Deine Güte, BWV 600
4. Cantate BWV 63, "Christen, Ätzet Diesen Tag"
– Christen, Ätzet Diesen Tag
– O Selger Tag!
– Gott, Du Hast Es Wohl Gefüget
– So Kehret Sich Nun Heut Das Bange Leid
– Ruft Und Fleht Den Himmel An
– Verdoppelt Euch Demnach
– Höchster, Schau In Gnaden An
5. From Das Orgel-Büchlein: Vom Himmel Hoch, BWV 606
6. From Neu Leipziger Gesangbuch: Vom Himmel Hoch (anonymous)
7. Fuga Sopra Il Magnificat, BWV 733 (Meine Seele Erhebet Den Herren)
8. From Magnificat in E flat major, BWV 243A:
– Magnificat Anima Mea Dominum
– Et Exultavit Spiritus Meus
– Vom Himmel Hoch
– Quia Respexit Humilitatem
– Omnes Generationes
– Quia Fecit Mihi Magna
Dunedin Consort conducted by John Butt
Julia Doyle, soprano
Joanne Lunn, soprano
Clare Wilkinson, mezzo-soprano
Nicholas Mulroy, tenor
Matthew Brook, bass-baritone
(Linn Records CKD 469, 2015)
