Govert Jan Bach’s weekday programme about the oeuvre of Johann Sebastian Bach.
Episode 1044. This Bachweek we will be listening to to cantatas for Sunday Estomihi (Quinquagesima), which is the Sunday before Ash Wednesday, or Sunday next before Lent. Today we will be listening to cantata “Sehet, wir gehn hinauf gen Jerusalem”, BWV 159 among others.
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
1. Cantata “Sehet, wir gehn hinauf gen Jerusalem”, BWV 159
– 1. Arioso (bass) and Recitative (alto) – Sehet, Wir Gehn hinauf/Komm Schaue Doch
– 2. Aria (alto) and Choral (soprano) – Ich Folge Dir Nach/Ich Will Hier Bei Dir Stehen
– 3. Recitative (tenor) – Nun Will Ich Mich, Mein Jesu
– 4. Aria (bas) – Es ist Vollbracht
– 5. Choral – Jesu, Deine Passion
Margot Oitzinger, alt. Nicolas Savoy, tenor. Klaus Mertens, bas. J.S. Bach-Stiftung olv. Rudolf Lutz
(CD Bachkantaten N°7 BWV 38, 159, 139)
Read more about cantata BWV 159.
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-1788)
2. Magnificat, WQ 215
1 – Magnificat Anima Mea Dominum
2 – Quia Respexit Humilitatem
3 – Quia Fecit Mihi Magna
4 – Et Misericordia Eius
5 – Fecit Potentiam In Bracchio Suo
6 – Deposuit Potentes De Sede
7 – Suscepit Israel Puerum Suum
8 – Gloria Patri Et Filio
9 – Sicut Erat In Principio
Elizabeth Watts, soprano. Wiebke Lehmkuhl, alto. Lothar Odinius, tenor. Markus Eiche, bass. RIAS Kammerchor and Akademie für Alte Musik conducted by Hans-Christoph Rademann
(CD Bach (CPE) Magnificat)
Painting: “Entry of Christ into Jerusalem” door Pietro Lorenzetti, 1320
