Episode 693 of our weekday programme with music of and around Johann Sebastian Bach. A cantata for the fourth Sunday after Easter, a piano partita and an oboe concert of J.S. Bach, and variations on “La Folia d’Espagne” by son Carl Philipp Emanuel.
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
1. Cantata “Wo Gehest Du Hin?”, BWV 166
– Wo Gehest Du Hin?
– Ich Will An Den Himmel Denken
– Ich Bitte Dich, Herr Jesu Christ
– Gleichwie Die Regenwasser Bald Verfließen
– Man Nehme Sich In Acht
– Wer Weiß, Wie Nahe Mir Mein Ende
Terry Wey, alto. Gerd Türk, tenor. Markus Volpert, bass. J.S. Bach Foundation conducted by Rudolph Lutz
(CD Bach-Kantaten N15)
2. Piano Partita #2 in C minor, BWV 826
– Sinfonia
– Allemande
– Courante
– Sarabande
– Rondeau
– Capriccio
Martha Argerich, piano
(CD Bach Toccata, Keyboard Partita no 2, English Suite no 2)
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-1788)
3. 12 Variations on “La Folia d’Espagne”
Mahan Esfahani, harpsichord
(CD Time Present & Time Past)
Johann Sebastian Bach
4. Oboe Concert in G minor, BWV 1056R
– I. —
– II. Largo
– III. Presto
Xenia Löffler, oboe. Collegium 1704 conducted by Václav Luks
(CD Bach Oboe Concertos & Cantatas)
5. From the St. John Passion, BWV 245:
– Aria (S) “Zerfließe, Mein Herze”
Julia Doyle, soprano. J.S. Bach Foundation conducted by Rudolf Lutz
(CD Johannes-Passion, BWV 245)
On photo: Mahan Esfahani
