Govert Jan Bach’s weekday programme about the oeuvre of Johann Sebastian Bach.
Episode 877. In this week of Bach, there are four cantatas according to the liturgical calendar, infused with Das Musikalische Opfer and Die Kunst der Fuge. Today, the complete Das Musikalische Opfer, BWV 1079 by Il Gardellino.
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
1. Das Musikalische Opfer, BWV 1079
I. Thema Regium
– Canon perpetuus
II. Ricercar a 3 voci
III. Canon perpetuus super thema regium
IV. Canon a 2 cancrizans
V. Canon a 2 violini in unisono
VI. Canon a 2 per motum contrarium
VII. Canon a 2 per Augmentationem, contrario motu
VIII. Canon a 2 per Tonos
IX. Fuga canonica in Epidiapente
X. Ricercar a 6 voci
XI. Canon a 2 (Quaerendo invenientis)
– Canon a 4
– Sonata sopr’il Soggetto Reale, BWV 1079
I. Largo
II. Allegro
III. Andante
IV. Allegro
Il Gardellino: Jan De Winne, traverso. Sophie Gent, Tuomo Suni, violin. Rodney Prada and Vittorio Ghielmi, viola da gamba. Lorenzo Ghielmi, harpsichord, and fortepiano
(CD Bach Musical Offering)
J.S. Bach / Webern
2. Fuga A 6 Voci from Das Musikalische Opfer, BWV 1079
Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Seiji Ozawa
(CD: 20th Century Bach – Virtuoso Orchestral Transcriptions)