Episode 868. This week, we hear cantatas and keyboard music of Johann Sebastian, and music of his son Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach. Today: Cantata “Liebster Gott, wenn werd’ ich sterben?” BWV 8 and Flute Sonata BWV 1033, arranged for violin and guitar, of Johann Sebastian, and a Sinfonia, Oboe Concerto and a part from St. Matthew Passion of Carl Philipp Emanuel.
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
1. Cantata “Liebster Gott, wenn werd’ ich sterben?”, BWV 8
– Liebster Gott, Wenn Werd Ich Sterben
– Was Willst Du Dich, Mein Geist, Entsetzen
– Zwar Fühlt Mein Schwaches Herz
– Doch Weichet, Ihr Tollen, Vergeblichen Sorgen!
– Behalte Nur, O Welt, Das Meine!
– Herrscher Über Tod Und Leben
Katharine Fuge, soprano. Robin Tyson, coutertenor. Mark Padmore, tenor. Thomas Guthrie, bass. Monteverdi Choir & English Baroque Soloists conducted by John Eliot Gardiner
(CD Bach Cantatas, Vol. 8)
Lees hier meer over cantate 8.(in Dutch)
2. Flute Sonata in C major, BWV 1033 (arrangement for violin and guitar: B. Udden and P. Hallgren )
I. Andante, Presto
II. Allegro
III. Adagio
IV. Menuet I
IV. Menuet II
IV. Menuet I da capo
Nils-Erik Sparf, violin. David Härenstam, guitar
(CD Bach Violin Sonatas BWV 1020-1023)
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-1788)
3. From: Matthäus-Passion (1785):
– Gott is mein Trost, mein Zuversicht (Chorus)
Sing-Akademie zu Berlin and Zelter Ensemble conducted by Joshard Daus
(CD C.P.E. Matthäus-Passion 1785)
4. Sinfonia No.4 in A major, H 660
– Allegro, Ma Non Troppo
– Largo Ed Innocentemente
– Allegro Assai
The English Concert conducted by Trevor Pinnock
(CD Bach (CPE) Symphonies For Strings)
5. Oboe Concerto in B-flat major, H. 466 Wq. 164
I. Allegretto
II. Largo e mesto
III. Allegro moderato
Xenia Löffler, oboe. Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
(CD CPE Bach – Oboe Concertos – Symphonies Wq.180 & 181)
Picture: Nils-Erik Sparf and David Härenstam
