thu 13 apr 2023 13:00 hour
Episode 1159. We’re letting go of the church calendar and following Bach’s cantatas chronologically. This way, we can hear the development of Bach’s composing style, and in 2024, we will arrive at the extensive commemoration of Bach’s 300 years of chorale cantatas. Today we begin with the cantata “Gott ist mein König”, BWV 71.
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
- Cantata “Gott ist mein König”, BWV 71
- I. Coro – Gott Ist Mein König
- II. Aria Tenor Con Choral, Sopran – Ich Bin Nun Achtzig Jahr
- III. Quartetto Sopran, Alt, Tenor, Bass – Dein Alter Sei Wie Deine Jugend
- IV. Arioso Bass – Tag Und Nacht Ist Dein
- V. Aria Alt – Durch Mächtige Kraft
- VI. Coro – Du Wollest Dem Feinde
- VII. Coro – Das Neue Regiment Joanne Lunn, soprano. William Towers, alto. Kobie van Rensburg, tenor. Peter Harvey, bass. English Baroque Soloists and Monteverdi Choir conducted by John Eliot Gardiner (cd Bach Cantata Pilgrimage – For The Fourth Sunday After Trinity 24|185|177|71, 2000)
Read more about cantata BWV 71 here.
Johann Pachelbel (1653–1706)
2. Canon & Gigue in D Major London Baroque conducted by Charles Medlam (cd Pachelbel, Canon & Gigue, Chamber Works)
Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707)
3. Suite in C Major, BuxWV 226
- I. Allemande
- II. Courante
- III. Sarabandes I & II
- IV. Gigue Céline Frisch, harpsichord (cd Die Quellen des jungen Bach – Bach, Buxtehude, Froberger, Reincken, Kerll)
- From ‘The Well-Tempered Clavier’, Book I:
- Prelude & Fugue XX in A Minor, BWV 865
- Prelude & Fugue V in D Major, BWV 850
- Prelude & Fugue XXIV in B Minor, BWV 869 Benjamin Alard, harpsichord (cd Bach – Le Clavecin Bien Tempéré, Livre 1)
- From cantata “Nach Dir, Herr, Verlanget Mich”, BWV 150: -VII. Chorus “Meine Tage In Dem Leide” Anna Prohaska, soprano. Lautten Compagney conducted by Wolfgang Katschner (CD: Redemption, 2020)
