Episode 1402. In this Bach week, we will hear cantatas for an unknown occasion in 1728 and 1730, and cantatas for a certain Sunday in 1731 and 1732. Today we will start with the choral cantata “Nun danket alle Gott” BWV 192, composed for an unknown Sunday in 1730.
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
1. Choral cantata “Nun danket alle Gott” BWV 192, composed for an unknown occasion in 1730
– Nun danket alle Gott (Chorus)
– Duet Der ewig reiche Gott (Soprano, Bass)
– Lob, Ehr und Preis sei Gott (Chorus)
Hana Blažíková, soprano. Peter Kooij, bads. Bach Collegium Japanconducted by Masaaki Suzuki
2. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (movement 1) (arr. for violin and ensemble: Chad Kelly)
1 Aria
2 Variation 1
3 Variation 2
4 Variation 3 “Canone all’Unisono”
5 Variation 4
6 Variation 5
7 Variation 6 “Canone alla Seconda”
8 Variation 7 “Al tempo di Giga”
9 Variation 8
10 Variation 9 “Canone alla Terza”
11 Variation 10 “Fughetta”
12 Variation 11
13 Variation 12 “Canone alla Quarta”
14 Variation 13
15 Variation 14
16 Variation 15 “Canone alla Quinta in moto contrario, andante”
Rachel Podger, violin. Brecon Baroque conducted by Chad Kelly
3. “Herr Gott nun schleuß den Himmel auf” BWV 617 (arr. for oboe, violin, viola da gamba & cello: Anonymous)
Xenia Löffler, oboe. Daniel Deuter, violin. Vittorio Ghielmi, viola da gamba. Katharina Kitschig, cello
4. from cantata “Bisher habt ihr nichts gebeten in meinem Namen”, BWV 87
– Aria (Alto) “Vergib, O Vater, Unsre Schuld”
Michaela Selinger, alt. J. S. Bach Foundation conducted by Rudolf Lutz
Pictured: Rachel Podger (picture: Jonas Sacks)
