Episode 1324. We take a short break from our chronological journey through the cantates to start our Peter Kooij week! We’ll be playing you Bach cantatas from the new double album: ‘Complete Solo Cantatas for Alto and Bass’ from Peter Kooij and Margot Oitzinger. Every day we’ll listen to one or more cantatas from this wonderful new Bach CD.
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
- Cantata “Vergnügte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust” BWV 170
Solo cantata for Alto, written for the sixth Sunday after Trinity on July 28, 1726
– I Aria Vergnügte Ruh’ beliebte Seelenlust
– II Recitativo Die Welt das Sündenhaus
– III Aria Wie jammern mich doch die verkehrten Herzen
– IV Recitativo Wer sollte sich demnach wohl hier zu leben wünschen
– V Aria Mir ekelt mehr zu leben
Margot Oitzinger, alto. L’Orfeo Barockorchester conducted by Michi Gaigg
(2CDs Johann Sebastian Bach – Complete Solo Cantatas for Alto and Bass, CPO 2024)
Read more about cantata BWV 170 here.
- “Nun komm der Heiden Heiland” BWV 659 (arr. for ensemble by Antoine Torunczyk)
D!ssonanti - Sonata no. 1 in B minor, BWV 1014
– I. Adagio
– II. Allegro
– III. Andante
– IV. Allegro
Simon Standage, violin. Shalev Ad-El, harpsichord. Thomas Fritzsch, viola da gamba - Cantata “Der Friede sei mit dir” BWV 158
Solo cantata for bass, written for the Purification or the third day of Easter, 1715?
– I Recitativo Der Friede sei mit dir
– II Aria con Corale Welt ade ich bin dein müde
– III Recitativo Nun Herr regiere meinen Sinn
– IV Choral Hier ist das rechte Osterlamm
Peter Kooij, bass. L’Orfeo Barockorchester conducted by Michi Gaigg
(2CDs Johann Sebastian Bach – Complete Solo Cantatas for Alto and Bass, CPO 2024)
Read more about cantata BWV 158 here.
- From Trio sonata no. 3 in G Minor BWV 527: I Allegro (transcription: Denis Chevallier)
- Prelude from the English Suites no. 2 in A Minor BWV 807 (transcription: Denis Chevallier)
Les Muses Galantes
In the photo: Margot Oitzinger (source: Preludium.nl)
