Summer episode #4 on the weekday programme about the oeuvre of Johann Sebastian Bach. This summer episode is composed by guest composer Jos Bielder. His theme: The occasion creates the music.
We hear a festive Bach, in his secular cantata BWV 214 ‘Tönet ihr Pauken! Erschallet Trompeten’. This cantata was composed as a congratulatory cantata for the birthday of Maria Josepha, wife of August III, Elector of Saksen and King of Poland.
After that we hear the ecclesiastical cantata BWV 120 ‘Gott lobet mann in the Stille’. Bach composed this cantata in Leipzig for the inauguration of the newly elected city council, which took place in a festive service in the Nikolaikirche on the Monday following St. Bartholomew’s Day, on 24 August 1742.
Around these catatas three so-called Schübler Chorales. The Chorales are named after Johann Schübler, a German engarver and organist, mentioned on the titel page of the score.
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
1. Wachet Auf, Ruft Uns Die Stimme, BWV 645
Ewald Kooiman, Holzhey-organ, Weissenau (D)
2. Cantate 214, “Tönet, Ihr Pauken! Erschallet Trompeten!”, BWV 214
– Tönet, Ihr Pauken! Erschallet, Trompeten!
– Heut Ist Der Tag, Wo Jeder Sich Erfreuen Mag
– Blast Die Wohlgegriffnen Flöten
– Mein Knallendes Metall
– Fromme Musen! Meine Glieder!
– Unsre Königin Im Lande
– Kron Und Preis Gekrönter Damen
– So Dringe In Das Weite Erdenrund
– Blühet, Ihr Lieden In Sachsen, Wie Zedern!
The Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra led by Ton Koopman
3. Ach Bleib’ Bei Uns, BWV 649
4. Kommst Du Nun, Jesu, BWV 650
Hans Fagius, organ Kristine Church, Falun (Zweden)
5. Cantata ‘Gott lobet mann in der Stille’ BWV 120
– Arie (Alt). Gott, Man Lobet Dich
– Chor. Jauchzet, Ihr Erfreuten Stimmen
– Rezitativ (Bass). Auf! Du Geliebte Lindenstadt
– Arie (Sopran). Heil Und Segen
– Rezitativ (Tenor). Nun, Herr, So Weihe
– Choral. Nun Hilf Uns, Herr
Bach Collegium Japan led by Masaaki Suzuki
