Govert Jan Bach’s weekday programme about the oeuvre of Johann Sebastian Bach. Episode 676. In this Holy Week we play Bach’s Trauerode, his Markus Passion in the Jörn Boysen-version and the Matthäus Passion by Richard Egarr.
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
1. Trauerode “Lass, Fürstin, lass noch einen Strahl”, BWV 198
– Laß, Fürstin, laß noch einen Strahl, coro (‘Tombeau’)
– Dein Sachsen, dein bestürztes Meißen, recitativo (S)
– Verstummt, verstummt, aria (S)
– Der Glocken bebendes Getön, recitativo (A)
– Wie starb die Heldin so vergnügt, aria (A)
– Ihr Leben, recitativo (T)
– An Dir, du Fürbild großer Frauen, coro
– Der Ewigkeit saphirnes Haus, aria (T)
– Was Wunder ist’s?, recitativo (B)
– Doch, Königin! du stirbest nicht, coro
Caroline Trevor, alt. Emily van Evera en Tessa Bonner, soprano. Charles Daniels, tenor. Christian Hilz, bass. Taverner Consort and Taverner Players conducted by Andrew Parrott
Johann Sebastian Bach / completion: Jörn Boysen (2011)
2. From Markus Passion BWV 247: nos. 1 – 6
Evangelista: Benjamin Glaubitz, tenor. Jezus: Julian Redlin, bass. Anna Kellnhofer, soprano. Stefan Kunath, alt. Guillaume Olry, bass. Cantus Thuringia and Musica Poëtica conducted by Jörn Boysen, harpsichord
Recorded: 3 maart 2016, Lutherse Kerk, Den Haag
Recording engineer: Anton Visser, production: Chris Pit
Picture: ‘Crowned with Thorns’ by Matthias Stom (c.1600–after 1652)
