Episode 1271. In this new Bachweek, we continue our exploration of the cantatas in chronological order. We’ve now reached the cantatas Bach composed in the autumn of 1724, In today’s episode: cantata “Herr Gott, dich loben alle wir” BWV 130, which Bach wrote for the Feast of St Michael (Michaelistag) on 29 September 1724.
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
1. Chorale cantata “Herr Gott, dich loben alle wir” BWV 130
– Herr Gott, Dich Loben Alle Wir
– Ihr Heller Glanz
– Der Alte Drache Brennt Vor Neid
– Wohl Aber Uns
– Lass, O Fürst Der Cherubinen
– Darum Wir Billig Loben Dich
Yukari Nonoshita, soprano. Robin Blaze, alto. Jan Kobow, tenor. Dominik Wörner, bass. Bach Collegium Japan conducted by Masaaki Suzuki
2. Sonata in C major, BWV 1033 (arr.: Kersten McCall)
– I Andante – Presto
– II Allegro
– III Adagio
– IV Menuetto I – Menuetto II
Kersten McCall, traverso. Olga Matieva, harpsichord. Benedikt Enzler, cello
3. (Brandenburg) Concerto no. 2 in F major, BWV 1047
– I –
– II Andante
– III Allegro assai
Zefiro conducted by Alfredo Bernardini, oboe
4. Cello suite no. 2 in d minor
1. Prelude
2. Allemande
3. Courante
4. Sarabande
5. Menuett I en II
6. Gigue
Arno Bornkamp, saxophone
5. from: Concerto in d minor, BWV 974:
– II Adagio
Vikingur Ólafsson, piano
