Govert Jan Bach’s weekday programme about the oeuvre of Johann Sebastian Bach.
Episode 1342. We continue our chronological journey through the cantatas of J.S. Bach with the ones he wrote in the autumn of 1726. Today, we start with the cantata “Ich geh und suche mit Verlangen” BWV 49, which was written for the 20th Sunday after Trinity Sunday. We also look at new Bach releases.
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
1. Cantata “Ich geh und suche mit Verlangen” BWV 49, written for the 20th Sunday after Trinity Sunday.
on 3 November 1726
– Sinfonia
– Ich geh und suche mit Verlangen
– Mein Mahl ist Zubereit
– Ich bin herrlich, ich bin schön
– Mein Glaube hat mich selbst so angezogen
– Dich hab ich je und je geliebet
Miriam Feuersinger, soprano. Klaus Mertens, bass. Ensemble der »Bachkantaten in Vorarlberg«: Elisabeth Grümmer, oebo. Renate Steinmann and Cosimo Stawiarski, violin. Johannes Frisch, viola. Thomas Platzgummer, cello. Armin Bereuter, violone. Johannes Hämmerle, organ.
Read more about cantata BWV 49 here
2. Suite in A minor, BWV 818a
– Prelude
– Sarabande
– Minuet
– Courante
– Allemande
– Gigue
Alexandre Tharaud, piano
3. Toccata in D minor, BWV 913
Christophe Rousset, harpsichord
(CD J.S. Bach The Complete Toccatas, Harmonia A – F Aparte, 2024)
4. from Weihnachts-Oratorium, BWV 248 III:
– Aria “Schliebe, Mein Herze, Dies Selige Wunder”
Clare Wilkinson, mezzo-soprano. Dunedin Consort conducted by John Butt
