Episode 1391. In this new Bach week, we will continue our chronological approach to the cantatas, and will hear cantatas from 1729. The new CD by Benjamin Alard is also featured. Today, among others, New Year’s Cantata “Gott, wie dein Name, so ist auch dein Ruhm” BWV 171.
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
1. Cantata “Gott, wie dein Name, so ist auch dein Ruhm” BWV 171, for New Year’s 1729
– Gott, Wie Dein Name, So Ist Auch Dein Ruhm (Chorus)
– Aria Herr, So Weit Die Wolken Gehen (Tenor)
– Recitative Du Susser Jesus-Name Du (Alto)
– Aria Jesus Soll Mein Erstes Wort (Soprano)
– Recitative Und Da Du, Herr, Gesagt (Bass)
– Chorale Lass Uns Das Jahr Vollbringen (Chorus)
Ruth Holton, soprano. Lucy Ballard, alt. Charles Humphries, altus. James Gilchrist, tenor. Peter Harvey, bass. Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque Soloists conducted by John Eliot Gardiner
Read more about cantata BWV 171 here.
2. Trio sonata no. 1 in E flat major, BWV 525
– I. [Allegro]
– II. Adagio
– III. Allegro
3. from Notenbüchlein für Anna Magdalena Bach:
– Chorale “Wer nur den leben Gott lässt walten” BWV 691
Gerlinde Sämann, soprano. Benjamin Alard, harpsichord
(cd The Complete Works for Keyboard Vol. 10, Harmonia Mundi HMM90249597, 2025)
4. Piano concerto no. 2 in E major, BWV 1053
– I —
– II Siciliano
– III Allegro
Beatrice Rana, piano. Amsterdam Sinfonietta
5. from cantata “Meine Seufzer, meine Tränen”, BWV 13
– V. Aria “Ächzen und erbärmlich weinen” (bass)
Wolf Matthias Friedrich, bass. J.S. Bach-Stiftung conducted by Rudolf Lutz
