Episode 1382. This week, music for Easter and the Goldberg Variations, with today two different versions of the cantata “Ich lebe, mein Herze, zu deinem Ergötzen” BWV 145, written for Easter Tuesday.
From this cantata, we have no manuscript in Bachs handwriting but the duet, aria and recitatives were clearly written by Bach. After Bach died, his son Carl Philipp Emanuel put the cantata together and published it. We continue with a chorale and a choir, composed by Telemann. Then we’ll listen to the same cantata, but this time we start with a sinfonia composed by Rudolf Lutz.
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
1. Cantata “Ich lebe, mein Herze, zu deinem Ergötzen”, BWV 145, written for Easter Tuesday 19 April 1729
– Chorale – Auf, mein Herz, des Herren Tag
– Chor – Ich Lebe, Mein Herze, zu deinem Ergötzen, TWV 1:1350 (G. Ph. Telemann)
– Duet (Tenor, Soprano) – Ich lebe, mein Herze, zu deinem Ergötzen
– Recitative (Tenor) – Nun Fordre, Moses, Wie Du Willt
– Aria (Bass) – Merke, Mein Herze beständig nur dies
– Recitative (Soprano) – Mein Jesus Lebt!
– Chorale – Drum Wir Auch Billig Fröhlich Sein
2. Cantata “Ich lebe, mein Herze, zu deinem Ergötzen”, BWV 145, written for Easter Tuesday 19 April 1729
– Sinfonia (Rudolf Lutz)
– Duet (Tenor, Soprano) – Ich lebe, mein Herze, zu deinem Ergötzen
– Recitative (Tenor) – Nun Fordre, Moses, Wie Du Willt
– Aria (Bass) – Merke, Mein Herze beständig nur dies
– Recitative (Soprano) – Mein Jesus Lebt!
– Chorale – Drum Wir Auch Billig Fröhlich Sein
Johannette Zomer, soprano. Alexandra Rawohl, alto. Colin Balzer, tenor. Matthias Helm, bass. Choir and orchestra from the J.S. Bach-Stiftung conducted by Rudolf Lutz.
Read more about cantata BWV 145 here
3. Sonata no.3 in C major, BWV 1005 (from ‘Sei solo – a violino senza Basso Accompagnato’)
– I. Adagio
– II. Fuga
– III. Largo
– IV. Allegro Assai
Sarah Kapustin, violin
4. Toccata in C minor, BWV 911
Christophe Rousset, harpsichord
Image: Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (source: ndr.de)
