A weekday programme on the oeuvre of Johann Sebastian Bach with compiler Govert Jan Bach and host Joop van Zijl.
Episode 243: a soloist portrait of Sigiswald Kuijken.
Sigiswald Kuijken is a Flemish violin player, conductor, viol player and was together with Gustav Leonhardt, Frans Brüggen, Anner Bylsma and his brothers, responsible for the authentic execution of the viol. He executed all the cantatas of Bach with the scientific based view that Bach never wrote for a choir but for a small amount of soloists.
Sigiswald Kuijken will perform the Johannes Passion at het Concertgebouw in Amsterdam on 26 March. He will do this with a small cast of eight vocalists.
1. Brandenburgs concert no. 4 in G BWV 1049
Sigiswald Kuijken, violin. Frans Brüggen and Kees Boeke, recorder. Leonhardt Consort led by Gustav Leonhardt
(BRILLIANT 92236)
2. Vioolconcert in a BWV 1041
La Petite Bande led by Sigiswald Kuijken, violin
(DHM 1997432)
3. Uit Musikalisches Opfer BWV 1079: trio sonata
Barthold Kuijken, traverso. Wieland Kuijken, viol. Leonhardt Consort led by Gustav Leonhardt
(SEON SBK 63189)
4. From Matthäus Passion: rec. and aria Freilich – Komm süsses Kreuz
Jan Vandercrabben, bass. Sigiswald Kuijken, viola da gamba. La Petite Bande led by Sigiswald Kuijken
(CHALLENGE CC72357)
Photo: Sigiswald Kuijken with his viola da spalla
Hosted by: Joop van Zijl
