Govert Jan Bach’s weekday programme about the oeuvre of Johann Sebastian Bach. Episode 642: Cantata BWV 58 for the Sunday after New Year’s Day, Cantata BWV 41 for New Year’s Day, the second English Suite and parts from the Notenbüchlein for Anna Magdalena Bach.
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
1. Cantate “Ach Gott, Wie Manches Herzeleid”, BWV 58 (cantata for the Sunday after New Year’s Day)
– Chorale & Aria
– Recitative
– Aria
– Recitative
– Chorale & Aria
Johannette Zomer, soprano. Klaus Mertens, bass. The Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir conducted by Ton Koopman
2. Cantate “Jesu, Nun Sei Gepreiset”, BWV 41 (cantata for New Year’s Day)
– Jesu, Nun Sei Gepreiset (Chorus)
– Aria/ Lass Uns, O Hochster Gott, Das Jahr Vollbringen (Soprano)
– Recitative/ Ach! Deine Hand, Dein Segen Muss Allein (Alto)
– Aria/ Woferne Du Den Edlen Frieden (Tenor)
– Recitative (And Chorale)/ Doch Weil Der Feind Bei Tag Und Nacht (Bass, Chorus)
– Chorale/ Dein Ist Allein Die Ehre (Chorus)
Ruth Holton, soprano. Lucy Ballard, alto. Charles Humphries, alto. James Gilchrist, tenor. Peter Harvey, bass. Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque Soloists conducted by John Eliot Gardiner
3. English Suite no. 2 in A minor, BWV 807
– Prelude
– Allemande
– Courante
– Sarabande
– Bourrée #1 & 2
– Gigue
Martha Argerich, piano (photo)
Gottfried Heinrich Bach? (1724 – 1763)
from Notenbüchlein für Anna Magdalena Bach (1725):
4. So oft ich meine Tobackspfeife
Tragicomedia conducted by Stephen Stubbs
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