Govert Jan Bach’s weekday programme about the oeuvre of Johann Sebastian Bach.
Episode 1341. In our chronological journey through the cantatas, we continue with the cantatas that J.S. Bach wrote during the autumn of 1726. Today, we start with the cantata “Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen” BWV 56, written for the 19th Sunday after Trinity Sunday. This week we also look at new Bach releases.
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
1. Cantata “Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen” BWV 56, written for the 19th Sunday after Trinity Sunday on 27 October 1726
– I Aria Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen
– II Recitativo Mein Wandel auf der Welt ist einer Schiffahrt gleich
– III Aria Endlich endlich wird mein Joch wieder von mir weichen müssen
– IV Recitativo Ich stehe fertig und bereit
– V Choral Komm o Tod du Schlafes Bruder
Peter Kooij, bass. L’Orfeo Barockorchester conducted by Michi Gaigg
Read more about cantata BWV 56 here
2. Organ concerto in A minor, BWV 593
– I (Allegro)
– II Adagio
– III Allegro
Andrej Harinek, Klais-organ in St Konrad Kirche in Landshut (Germany)
(CD Johann Sebastian Bach – Selected Organ Works, privately published, 2024)
3. Suite in E minor, BWV 996 (arranged for guitar)
– I Praeludio Passaggio – Presto
– II Allemande
– III Courante
– IV Sarabande
– V Bourrée
– VI Gigue
Enno Voorhorst, guitar
4. “Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen”, BWV 56 (arranged for vocal ensemble)
– Du, o schones Weltgebaude
– Aria instrumental
– Tausendmal pfleg ich zu sagen
– Aria instrumental
– Chorale Komm, o Tod, du Schlafes Bruder
Calmus Ensemble and Lautten Compagney conducted by Wolfgang Katschner
