Episode 1136. In this Bach week, there are cantatas for Sexagesima Sunday (the 8th Sunday before Easter), cantatas about ‘Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem’, the organ mass with sung chorales, and Friday’s program is curated by Jörg Hübert.
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Cantata “Gleich wie der Regen,” BWV 18
-I. Sinfonia “Gleich Wie Der Regen” (Just as the Rain)
-II. Recitative “Gleich Wie Der Regen Und Schnee Vom Himmel Fallt” (Bass) (Just as the rain and snow fall from heaven)
-III. Recitative and Chorus “Mein Gott, Hier Wird Mein Herze Sein” (Tenor, Bass) (My God, here will be my heart)
-IV. Aria “Mein Seelenschatz Ist Gottes Wort” (Soprano) (My soul’s treasure is God’s Word)
-V. Chorus “Ich Bitt, O Herr, Aus Herzens Grund” (I beseech Thee, O Lord, from the bottom of my heart)
Nuria Rial, soprano. Makoto Sakurada, tenor. Dominik Wörner, bass. J.S. Bach Foundation conducted by Rudolf Lutz
(from the album Bach Cantatas N°8 – J.S. Bach Foundation)
Read more about Cantata BWV 18.
From Clavierübung III Organ Mass:
-1 Prelude & Fugue in E-flat Major, BWV 552 “St. Anne” – Prelude
-2 Kyrie, Gott Vater in Ewigkeit, BWV 371 – Kyrie, Gott Vater in Ewigkeit (Lord God, Heavenly Father)
-3 Kyrie, Gott Vater in Ewigkeit, BWV 669
-4 Kyrie, Gott Vater in Ewigkeit, BWV 371 – Christe, aller Welt Trost (Christ, consolation of all the world)
-8 Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr, BWV 260 – Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr (To God alone on high be glory)
-9 Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr, BWV 676
-10 Dies sind die heilgen zehn Gebot, BWV 298 – Dies sind die heilgen zehen Gebot (These are the holy Ten Commandments)
-11 Dies sind die heilgen zehn Gebot, BWV 678 – Dies sind die heilgen zehen Gebot
-12 Wir glauben all an einen Gott, BWV 437 (We all believe in one God)
-13 Wir gläuben all an einen Gott, BWV 680 – Wir glauben all an einen Gott
Vocal quartet of the J.S. Bach Foundation (Lia Andres, soprano. Antonia Frey, alto. Raphael Höhn, tenor. Philippe A. Rayot, bass). Johannes Lang, organ (Metzler AG, Dietikon, 1990 – Catholic Church of Gams, St. Gallen, Switzerland)
(from the album Clavierübung III Organ Mass Johannes Lang – Vocal quartet of the J.S. Bach Foundation)
Johann Michael Bach (1648-1694)
3. “Ach, Bleib Bei Uns, Herr Jesu Christ” (Ah, Remain with Us, Lord Jesus Christ)
Musica Antiqua Köln and Rheinische Kantorei conducted by Reinhard Goebel
(from the album Bachianas)
Johann Sebastian Bach
4. Canzona in D minor, BWV 588
Brisk Recorder Quartet
(from the album Brisk Plays Bach)
In the photo: Johannes Lang, the new organist of the Thomaskirche in Leipzig.
