Govert Jan Bach’s weekday programme about the oeuvre of Johann Sebastian Bach.
Episode 1350. We continue our exploration of the cantatas in chronological order. We’ve now reached the cantatas Bach composed at the beginning of 1727. Today, we leap forward in time to August 1717, with the cantata “Ihr Tore zu Zion” BWV 193 written for the Ratswechsel – a council change in German; their inauguration took place on the Monday after the feast of St. Bartholomew (August 24).
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
1. Cantata “Ihr Tore zu Zion” BWV 193, written for the Ratswechsel on 25 August 1727
– Chorus Ihr Tore Zu Zion
– Recitative (Soprano) Der Hüter Israel Entschläft Noch Schlummert Nicht
– Aria (Soprano) Gott, Wir Danken Deiner Güte
– Recitative (Alto) O Leipziger Jerusalem
– Aria (Alto) Sende Herr, Den Segen Ein
– Recitative (Bass) Nun, Herr, So Weihe Selbst Das Regiment
– Chorus Ihr Tore Zu Zion
Caroline Stam, soprano. Michael Chance, altus. Klaus Mertens, bass. Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra conducted by Ton Koopman.
Read more about cantata BWV 193 here.
2. Brandenburg concerto no. 6 in B-sharp major, BWV 1051
– I [Allegro]
– II Adagio ma non tanto
– III Allegro
Ensemble Zefiro conducted by Alfredo Bernardini
3. From Orchestral suite no. 3 in D major, BWV 1068:
– II Air
Lucie Horsch, recorder. Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century
4. from cantata “Barmherziges Herze Der Ewigen Liebe”, BWV 185:
– V. Basaria “Das Ist Der Christen Kunst”
Nicolas Teste, bass. English Baroque Soloists and the Monteverdi Choir conducted by John Eliot Gardiner
5. Piano concerto no. 5 in F minor, BWV 1056
– I —
– II Largo
– III Presto
Alexandre Tharaud, piano. Les Violons du Roy conducted by Bernard Labadie
6. Motet “Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden” BWV 230
Solomon’s Knot
In the photo: Ton Koopman (source: DW Kultur)
