Episode 695 of our weekday programme with music of and around Johann Sebastian Bach. The ‘queen cantata’ BWV 214 by the J.S. Bach Foundation and Martha Argerich plays together with Itzhak Perlman violin sonata BWV 1017 and solo Toccata in C minor, BWV 911.
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
1. Cantata ‘Tönet, ihr Pauken, erschallet, Trompeten’, BWV 214 (‘queen cantata’)
-1- Choir Tönet, Ihr Pauken! Erschallet, Trompeten!
-2- Recitative “Heut Ist Der Tag”
-3- Aria “Blast Die Wohlgegriffnen Flöten”
-4- Recitative “Mein Knallendes Metall”
-5- Aria “Fromme Musen! Meine Glieder!”
-6- Recitative “Unsre Königin Im Lande”
-7- Aria “Kron Und Preis Gekrönter Damen”
-8- Recitative “So Dringe In Das Weite Erdenrund”
-9- Choir “Blühet, Ihr Linden In Sachsen, Wie Zedern!”
Johannette Zomer, soprano. Michaela Selinger, alto. Johannes Kaleschke, tenor. Klaus Mertens, bass. J.S. Bach Foundation & Rudolf Lutz
(CD Bachkantaten N°17)
2. Toccata in C minor, BWV 911
Martha Argerich, piano
(CD Bach Toccata, Keyboard Partita no. 2, English Suite no. 2)
3. Violin Sonata #4 in C minor, BWV 1017
– 1. Siciliano
– 2. Allegro
– 3. Adagio Ma Non Tanto
– 4. Allegro Assai
Itzhak Perlman, violin. Martha Argerich, piano
(CD Perlman & Argerich Play Schumann, Bach & Brahms)
4. From Cantata BWV 21: “Ich Hatte Viel Bekümmernis”:
– Sinfonia
– Wie Hast Du Dich, Mein Gott
Barbara Schlick, soprano. Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir conducted by Ton Koopman
(CD Bach Complete Cantatas, Vol. 1)
