Episode 1142. In this Bach Week, cantatas for the third Sunday in Lent, for the Annunciation, and for Palm Sunday. Also, Cello Concertos by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach and we begin broadcasting Bach’s Passion music.
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
1. Cantata “Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern”, BWV 1
– I. Chorus “Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern”
– II. Recitative “Du Wahrer Gottes und Marien Sohn” (tenor)
– III. Aria “Erfüllet, ihr himmlischen, göttlichen Flammen” (soprano)
– IV. Recitative “Ein ird’scher Glanz, ein leiblich Licht” (bass)
– V. Aria “Unser Mund und Ton der Saiten” (tenor)
– VI. Chorale “Wie bin ich doch so herzlich froh”
Eva Oltivànyi, soprano. Makoto Sakurada, tenor. Manuel Walser, bass. J.S. Bach Foundation conducted by Rudolf Lutz
(cd Bach Cantatas No.3 J.S. Bach Foundation)
Read more about Cantata BWV 1 here.
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-1788)
2. Cello Concerto in B-flat major, WQ 171
– 1. Allegretto
– 2. Adagio
– 3. Allegro Assai
Roel Dieltiens, cello. Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century
(cd CPE Bach Cello Concertos)
Johann Sebastian Bach
3. Aria variata in A minor, BWV 989 (arranged for trumpet and harpsichord by Tim Jackson)
Alison Balsom, trumpet. Alastair Ross, harpsichord
(cd The Sound of Alison Balsom)
In the photo: Roel Dieltiens.
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