Series about and with Catalan gambist and conductor Jordi Savall. In today’s programme, we will play parts of 2 of the latest CDs by Savall: ‘W.A. Mozart – Le Testament Symphonique’ and, on Bach’s day of death, ‘J.S. Bach – Markus Passion’.
Just as in the previous episode, we highlight the late Mozart. With ‘Le Concert des Nations’ on the double-CD ‘Le Testament Symphonique’ Jordi Savall focusses on the last three symphonies of the composer who in those days had fallen out of favour with the audience and the Maecenas. We will play parts of symphony 40 and 41.
We also commemorate Bach’s death on 28 July 1750, with parts of the reconstruction of his St Mark Passion. Savall’s reconstruction is based on that of the German musicologist Alexander Grychtolik.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
1. From Symphony no 40 in g minor (KV550)
– 1 Molto allegro
– 2 Andante
– 3 Menuetto: allegro-trio
2. From Symphony no 41 in C major (KV551)
– 2 Andante cantabile
– 3 Menuetto: Allegro-trio
Le Concert des Nations conducted Jordi Savall. Manfredo Kraemer, concertmeester
(CD W.A. Mozart – Le Testament Symphonique, AV 9934B, 2019. Thanks to distributer PIAS / Harmonia Mundi, Amsterdam)
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
3. From Markus Passion, BWV247 (reconstr. Grychtolik and Savall) 
– 1 Chorus
– 2a Recitativo (Evangelista), 2b Chorus, 2c Recitativo (Evangelista), 2d Chorus
– 3 Choral
– 9 Aria (Alto)
Raffaele Pé, counter tenore. Veus – Cor Infantil Amics de la Unió, La Capella Reial de Catalunya & Le Concert des Nations conducted by Jordi Savall
(CD J.S. Bach – Markus Passion, AVSA 9931A, 2019)
Addition:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
4. Maurerische Trauermusik (KV477)
Le Concert des Nations conducted by Jordi Savall
(CD W.A. Mozart – Le Testament Symphonique, AV 9934A, 2019)
