Govert Jan Bach’s weekday programme about the oeuvre of Johann Sebastian Bach.
Episode 977. In this Bach week we stay with the theme of the Festival Oude Muziek 2021: Rhetoric in music. We hear a number of great works from the Baroque era, the first being the Mariavespers by Claudio Monteverdi. This work is an example of applied rhetoric in the Baroque and served as a model for composers such as Schütz, J.S. Bach and Handel.
Today part 2 of the Mariavespers and cantata “Christ lag in Todesbanden” BWV 4 by Vox Luminis, performing at the festival.
Tune:
0. From violin Concerto in D minor, BWV 1052R: I. Allegro
Isabelle Faust, violin. Akademie für Alte Musik conducted by Bernhard Forck
Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)
1. Vespro della Beata Vergine, part 2:
– Sancta Maria
– Ave maris stella
– Magnificat
La Fenice conducted by Jean Tubéry and Maîtrise de Reims conducted by Sandrine Lebec
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
2. Cantata “Christ lag in Todesbanden”, BWV 4
I. Sinfonia
II. Christ lag in Todesbanden
III. Den Tod niemand zwingen kunnt
IV. Jesus Christus, Gottes Sohn
V. Es war ein wunderlicher Krieg
VI. Hie ist das rechte Osterlamm
VII. So feiern wir das hohe Fest
VIII. Wie essen und wir leben wohl
Vox Luminis conducted by Lionel Meunier
(CD: Kantaten)
Read more about cantata BWV 4 here.
Photo: Vox Luminis (credit: Tom Blaton)
