Episode 1143. In this Bach week, cantatas for Oculi Sunday (third Sunday in Lent), for Annunciation, and for Palm Sunday. Also, cello concertos by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, and we begin broadcasting Bach’s passion music. Today, among others, cantata “Himmelskönig, sei willkommen” BWV 182 for Palm Sunday and for Annunciation.
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
1. Cantata “Himmelskönig, Sei Willkommen”, BWV 182
– 1 Sonata
– 2 Chor – Himmelskönig, Sei Willkommen
– 3 Rezitativ (B) – Siehe, Ich Komme, Im Buch Ist Von Mir Geschrieben
– 4 Arie (B) – Starkes Lieben
– 5 Arie (A) – Leget Euch Dem Heiland Unter
– 6 Arie (T) – Jesu, Lass Durch Wohl Und Weh
– 7 Choral – Jesu, Deine Passion Ist Mir Lauter Freude
– 8 Chor – So Lasset Uns Gehen In Salem Der Freuden
Claude Eichenberger, alto. Bernhard Berchtold, tenor. Raphael Jud, bass. J.S. Bach Foundation conducted by Rudolf Lutz
(CD Bach Cantatas N1)
Read more about cantata BWV 182 here.
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-1788)
2. From: Cello Concerto in A Major, WQ 172
– II. Largo Con Sordini, Mesto
Roel Dieltiens, cello. Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century
(CD CPE Bach Cello Concertos)
Dieterich Buxtehude (1637–1707)
3. “Gen Himmel zu dem Vater mein”, BuxWV 32
Hana Blazikova, soprano. CordArte Ensemble
(CD German Baroque Cantatas, Panclassics, 2013)
Johann Sebastian Bach
4. From the St. John Passion, BWV 245:
– Aria (bass) and Chor “Eilt, Ihr Angefochtnen Seelen”
– Aria (soprano) “Zerfließe, Mein Herze”
Julia Doyle, soprano. Peter Harvey, bass (Jesus). J.S. Bach Foundation conducted by Rudolf Lutz
Image: Palm Sunday stained glass window (source: Ignis web magazine)
