Govert Jan Bach’s weekday programme about the oeuvre of Johann Sebastian Bach.
Episode 1041. This Bachweek we will be listening to to cantatas for Sunday Estomihi (Quinquagesima), which is the Sunday before Ash Wednesday, or Sunday next before Lent. This Sunday’s theme is the biblical story of Jesus announcing his entry into Jerusalem and healing a blind man.
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
1. Cantata “Du wahrer Gott und Davids Sohn”, BWV 23
– 1. Aria Duetto “Du Wahrer Gott Und Davids Sohn”
– 2. Recitativo “Ach! Gehe Nicht Vorüber”
– 3. Chor “Aller Augen Warten, Herr”
– 4. Choral “Christe, Du Lamm Gottes”
Dorothee Mields, soprano. Matthew White, altus. Jan Kobow, tenor. Collegium Vocale Gent conducted by Philippe Herreweghe
(CD Bach – Jesu, Deine Passion, Cantatas 22, 23, 127, 159)
Read more about cantata BWV 23.
2. Concerto BWV 1065
– Allegro
– Largo
– Allegro
Flanders Recorder Quartet: Bart Spanhove, Joris Van Goethem, Paul Van Loey & Tom Beets, recorder
(CD Concerti)
3. Magnificat in D major, BWV 243
– 1. Magnificat
– 2. Et Exultavit
– 3. Quia Respexit
– 4. Omnes Generationes
– 5. Quia Fecit Mihi Magna
– 6. Et Misericordia
– 7. Fecit Potentiam
– 8. Deposuit Potentes
– 9. Esurientes Implevit Bonis
– 10. Suscepit Israel
– 11. Sicit Locutus
– 12. Gloria Patri
Vox Luminis conducted by Lionel Meunier
(CD Bach Magnificat – Händel Dixit Dominus)
Read more about Magnificat BWV 243.
Pictured: Christ Healing the Blind Man by Sebastiano Ricci (Scottish National Gallery, source: Artfund.org)
