Govert Jan Bach’s weekday programme about the oeuvre of Johann Sebastian Bach.
Episode 985. In this Bach week we focus on the Brandenburg Concertos, cantatas from the church year and cantatas from the new CD by the J.S. Bach-Stiftung. We close the week with Cantata “Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen!” BWV 51, the 6th Brandenburg Concert and an oboe concerto by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach.
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
1. Cantata “Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen!”, BWV 51
-I. Aria, “Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen!”
-II. Recitativo, “Wir beten zu dem Tempel an”
-III. Aria, “Höchster, mache deine Güte”
-IV. Choral, “Sei Lob und Preis mit Ehren”
-V. Aria, “Alleluja!”
Elizabeth Watts, soprano. Mark Bennett, trumpet. The English Concert conducted by Harry Bicket
(cd Bach Cantatas and Arias)
Read more about cantata BWV 51 here.
2. Brandenburg Concerto no. 6 in B flat major, BWV 1051 (6th Brandenburg Concerto)
-1. [Allegro]
-2. Adagio ma non tanto
-3. Allegro
Il Gusto Barocco conducted by Jörg Halubek
(cd Bach: The Brandenburg Concertos, Berlin Classics, 2021)
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-1788)
3. 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)
Addition:
Johann Sebastian Bach
4. From cantata “Der Himmel lacht! Die Erde jubilieret” BWV 31:
-VIII. “Letzte Stunde, brich herein”
Anna Prohaska, soprano. Lautten Compagney conducted by Wolfgang Katschner
(cd Bach – Redemption)
Image: Elizabeth Watts
