Episode 1356. We can warm ourselves during these cold weeks around Christmas with some wonderful Bach, like the Christmas oratorio, Magnificat and Christmas cantatas. Today, we listen to cantata “Christen, ätzet diesen Tag” BWV 63 written for Christmas Day, the “Gloria in excelsis Deo” and more.
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
1. Cantata “Christen, ätzet diesen Tag” BWV 63, written for Christmas Day 1716
– I Chorus Christen atzet diesen Tag
– II Recit O selger Tag
– III Aria Gott du hast es wohl gefuget
– IV Recit So kehret sich nun heut
– V Aria Ruft und fleht den Himmel an
– VI Recit Verdoppelt euch demnach
– VII Chorus Höchster schau in Gnaden an
Joanne Lunn (soprano), Clare Wilkinson (alto), Nicholas Mulroy (tenor), Matthew Brook (bass), Dunedin Consort & Players conducted by John Butt
Read more about cantata BWV 63 here
2. Violin concerto in A flat major, BWV 1041
– I Allegro
– II Andante
– III Allegro assai
Leonidas Kavakos (violin), The Apollon Ensemble
3. from Orchestral suite no. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067
– Badinerie (arr. Spindler for oboe, strings and basso continuo)
Albrecht Mayer, oboe, Berliner Barock Solisten
4. Gloria in excelsis Deo, BWV 191
– I Chor – Gloria in excelsis Deo
– II Post orationem – Gloria Patri (Sporan, tenor)
– III Chor – Sicut erat in principio
Gerlinde Sämann (sopraan), Johannes Kaleschke (tenor), J.S. Bach-Stiftung conducted by Rudolf Lutz
