Govert Jan Bach’s weekday programme about the oeuvre of Johann Sebastian Bach.
Episode 1349. In our chronological journey through the cantatas, we continue with the cantatas that J.S. Bach wrote at the beginning of 1727. Today, we start with the cantata “, “Ich lasse dich nicht, du segnest mich denn” BWV 157, written for Candlemas Sunday.
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
1. Cantata “Ich lasse dich nicht, du segnest mich denn” BWV 157, written voor Candlemas Sunday (2/2) on 6 February 1727
– Duet Ich lasse dich nicht, du segnest mich denn! (Tenor, Bass)
– Aria Ich halte meinen Jesum feste (Tenor)
– Recitative Mein lieber Jesu du (Tenor)
– Aria, Recitative and Arioso Ja, ja, ich halte Jesum feste (Bass)
– Chorale Meinen Jesum lass ich nicht (Chorus)
Georg Poplutz, tenor. Stephan MacLeod, bass. Choir and orchestra of the J.S. Bach-Stiftung conducted by Rudolf Lutz
Read more about cantata BWV 157 here.
2. Brandenburg Concerto no. 5 in D major, BWV 1050
– I Allegro
– II Affettuoso
– III Allegro
Ensemble Zefiro conducted by Alfredo Bernardini
3. Prelude in C minor, BWV 999
Angela Hewitt, piano
4. From oebo concerto in D minor, S Z799 (after Marcello):
– II Adagio
Lucie Horsch, recorder. Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century
(CD The Frans Brüggen Project, Decca 0028948706426, 2024)
5. Concerto for piano and orchestra in A minor, BWV 1065 (after A. Vivaldi)
– I Allegro
– II Largo
– III Allegro
Alexandre Tharaud, piano. Les Violons du Roy conducted by Bernard Labadie
6. Motet “Ich lasse dich nicht, du segnest mich denn”, BWV 1164
Solomon’s Knot
Image: A. Vivaldi and J.S. Bach
