Episode 1388. This week is Mass week. We’ll have five episodes filled with the four ‘Missae Breves’ from J.S. Bach, the project “Bach im Fluss” from Rudolf Lutz, and a wonderful new recording of the ‘Hohe Messe’. Today: “Bach im Fluss” from Rudolf Lutz.
The programme “Bach im Fluss” (Bach and the river of time) originates in the annual “Wort & Klang” concerts, that had the theme “Strömungen” (currents) in 2011. It was also part of the 25-year project of the J.S. Bach-Stiftung to perform and record the entire vocal body of Johann Sebastian Bach’s work.
In 2011, it was performed live in the great halls of the ‘Sitterwerk’, a former textile dye factory in Swiss St. Gallen.
Rudolf Lutz (b. 1951)
1. Präludium for harpsichord
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
2. From “Ach wie flüchtig, ach wie nichtig”, BWV 26 (fragments): VI. Ach wie flüchtig, ach wie nichtig
3. Violin sonata no. 2 in A minor, BWV 1003:
– III. Andante
Rudolf Lutz
4. Interlude for harpsichord & chorale fragments
Johann Sebastian Bach
From “Wo gehest du hin”, BWV 166:
5. I. Wo gehest du hin
6. IV. Gleichwie die Regenwasser bald verfließen
Rudolf Lutz
7. Interlude for harpsichord I
Johann Sebastian Bach
From “Ach wie flüchtig, ach wie nichtig”, BWV 26:
8. I. Chorale fantasia. Ach wie flüchtig, ach wie nichtig
9. II. So schnell ein rauschend Wasser schießt
From Orchestral Suite no. 1 in C major, BWV 1066:
10. IV. Forlane
Rudolf Lutz
11. Interlude for harpsichord II
Johann Sebastian Bach
12. From Orchestral Suite no. 1 in C major, BWV 1066: IV. Forlane
Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis, Pt. 1, BWV 21:
13. I. Sinfonia
Rudolf Lutz
14. Interlude for harpsichord III
Johann Sebastian Bach
15. From Erschallet, ihr Lieder, BWV 172: V. Komm, laß mich nicht länger warten
Rudolf Lutz
16. Überleitung Cello
Johann Sebastian Bach
17. From Prelude & Fugue in C major, BWV 846: I. Praeludium
From “Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme”, BWV 140:
18. IV. Zion hört die Wächter singen
From Musikalisches Opfer, BWV 1079:
19. Ricercar a 6
From St John passion, part 2, BWV 245:
20. No. 40: Ach, Herr, laß dein lieb Engelein
From Cello Suite no. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011:
21. IV. Sarabande
From “Der Himmel lacht! die Erde jubiliert”, BWV 31:
22. IX. So fahr ich hin zu Jesu Christ
23. I. Sonata
Rudolf Lutz
24. Interlude for harpsichord IV
Johann Sebastian Bach
25. From “Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis”, BWV 21: XI. Das Lamm, das erwürget ist / Lob und Ehre
Ulrike Hofbauer, soprano. Alex Potter, altus. Makoto Sakurada, tenor. Wolf Matthias Friedrich, bass. Choir and orchestra from the J.S. Bach-Stiftung conducted by Rudolf Lutz, harpsichord
Johann Sebastian Bach
26. From “Lobet Gott in seinen Reichen”, BWV 11:
– IV Aria Ach, bleibe doch, mein liebstes Leben
Alexander Chance, altus. Freiburger Barockorchester and Vox Luminis conducted by Lionel Meunier
Photo of Rudolf Lutz
