Govert Jan Bach’s weekday programme about the oeuvre of Johann Sebastian Bach. Episode 681. This week with Bach features many cantatas and sonatas. Today: two cantatas that Bach composed on the occasion of his audition for the Thomaskantor-vacancy in Leipzig on 7 February 1723.
In addition to that Sietze de Vries plays his version of the work of Dutchman Johann Adam Reincken, who was a big inspiration to Bach.
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
1. Cantata “Jesus Nahm Zu Sich Die Zwolfe”, BWV 22
– Jesus Nahm Zu Sich Die Zwolfe (Tenor, Bass, Chorus)
– Mein Jesu, Ziehe Mich Nach Dir (Alto)
– Mein Jesu, Ziehe Mich Nach Dir (Bass)
– Mein Alles In Allem, Mein Ewiges Gut (Tenor)
– Ertot Uns Durch Dein Gute (Chorus)
2. Cantata “Du Wahrer Gott Und Davids Sohn”, BWV 23
– Du Wahrer Gott Und Davids Sohn (Soprano, Alto)
– Ach! Gehe Nicht Voruber (Tenor)
– Aller Augen Warten, Herr (Chorus)
– Christe, Du Lamm Gottes
Midori Suzuki, soprano. Yoshikazu Mera, countertenor. Gerd Turk, tenor. Peter Kooij, bass. Bach Collegium Japan conducted by Masaaki Suzuki
(CD Bach Cantatas, Vol. 8 Bwv 22, 23, 75)
Johann Adam Reincken (1623-1722) / arrangement and improvisation: Sietze de Vries (1973-)
3. Choralpartita “An Waßerflüssen Babylon”
Sietze de Vries, on the ‘Reincken-orgel’, reconstructed by Flentrop, at the St. Katharinenkirche, Hamburg
Pictured: Johann Adam Reincken
