Blog

I loved how Max van Egmond sings the “Wer bist du?” text on the Leonhardt recording from 1983. Bach 's St. Matthew Passion ( BWV 244) which it has given since 1922, in the Grote Kerk, Naarden. All of Bach is a project of the Netherlands Bach Society. For this concert of Early Cantatas by J.S. Bach Foundation, with with Hana Blažiková, soprano; Margot Oitzinger, alto; Jakob Pilgram, tenor; and Wolf Matthias Friedrich, bass. In Bach’s day, both the Advent song Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland and the Christmas song Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern were well-known to all church-goers. I realized that I associate this woman’s kindness and warmth with the pinkish apricot color of my favorite rose in the Berkeley rose garden, Westerland. For concert dates and further information go to https://www.bachvereniging.nl/nederlandse-bachvereniging. *St. Michael’s Fair was a huge event in Leipzig, drawing visitors from as far as England and Poland, increasing the city’s population to 30,000. Find release reviews and credits for Johann Sebastian Bach: Christmas Oratorio - Jos Van Veldhoven, Netherlands Bach Society on AllMusic - 2003 ... Cantata for the Third Day of Christmas. The Netherlands Bach Society is the oldest ensemble for Baroque music in the Netherlands, and possibly in the world. Solo sonatas and partitas on All of Bach. See the “Sato magic” happen in the soprano aria from Cantata 36 Schwingt freudig euch empor on All of Bach, with soprano Zsuzsi Tóth. Leave it to Alex Potter. Watch this 3-minute explanation by organist Matthias Havinga on how earthly misery gets replaced by heavenly paradise in the chorale prelude (BWV 727) of the same name, also written in Weimar. All of Bach. Every time he played the “Mein Verlangen” theme, he stretched the tempo just a little bit, every time slightly differently. Please note another typical Leipzig change here: recorders were replaced by the more fashionable transverse flutes. Dorothee Mields’ singing in the duet with Matthew White is very moving, and Peter Kooij’s interpretation of the bass aria “Es ist vollbracht” on this recording is unrivaled. For the fourth Sunday of Advent, Bach wrote two cantatas in Weimar: Cantata 132 Bereitet die Wege, bereitet die Bahn in 1715, and Cantata 147a Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben in 1716. The project will conclude with a complete catalogue of J.S. The Bible story for this Sunday is the Resurrection of the Widow of Nain’s son. Find the German text with English translations here, and the score here. This way, it was immediately clear that this was an Advent cantata. Bach Foundation, J.S. You can find out more about this project here. 07:29. For better interpretations of the bass and tenor solos, I recommend listening to the Koopman recording with tenor Christoph Prégardien and bass Klaus Mertens. Find album reviews, stream songs, credits and award information for Bach: Famous Cantatas - Holland Boys Choir, Netherlands Bach Society Collegium Musicum, Pieter Jan Leusink on AllMusic - 2013 The German Bach-Gesellschaft (Bach Society) was a society formed in 1850 for the express purpose of publishing the complete works of Johann Sebastian Bach without editorial additions. The piece is an early sacred cantata composed in Mühlhausen, intended for … Netherlands Bach SocietyJos van Veldhoven, conductorZsuzsi Tóth, sopranoBarnabás Hegyi, altoNicholas Mulroy, tenorPeter Harvey, bass We try to achieve this goal with the All of Bach project - the online treasure trove of the Netherlands Bach Society. Telemann’s Du Aber Daniel, EMV welcomes back Gli Angeli Genève, a Baroque ensemble based in Geneva and led by baritone Stephan MacLeod. Watch it here. You can find that recording here on Amazon or here on iTunes. But it turns out that this week is the perfect time for a spotlight on Shunske Sato, because this Thursday December 5, 2019, the Netherlands Bach Society will publish the final episode of his series of solo violin sonatas and partitas on All of Bach, their online video archive of Bach performances. In the soprano aria, hear how low in the soprano range this is set — it could just as well have been sung by an alto. Please note that the English translation of the bass aria’s first line is incorrect: the translation of the German word “Sorgen” should be “worries” or “worrying”, not “care.” The correct translation is something like this: Groaning and pitiful weepingare no help to the sickness of worrying. I wonder if Bach had an exceptional bass visiting for Michaelmas that year (Sept 29, for which he wrote this dramatic bass aria about the Archangel Michael slaying the dragon*). The bass aria refers to the Pharisees interrogating John, but then Bach’s text writer (Salomo Franck, who was also the Weimar court librarian) projects the question “Wer bist du?” (Who are you?) But Bach wrote at least three more cantatas for this day, as well as his Magnificat. Watch a beautiful live performance of this cantata by the Netherlands Bach Society here on YouTube. Before I prepare a new post, I always like to revisit previous posts I wrote about this same Sunday, and listen to those cantatas again. This is an extended lesson, in several steps, but please bear with me, it’s worth it and you get to watch or listen to some excellent videos. For the concerts I attended, he was concertmaster only, having invited alto Alex Potter to program and lead this production. As a person who’s produced many program books in her lifetime, I felt this was a breath of fresh air too. You can find that recording on YouTube, Amazon, or iTunes. Memorable for at least 47 days. Keep following this blog and you’ll learn more about that soon . BWV 82 performed by Thomas Bauer and the Netherlands Bach Societyconducted by Lars Ulrik MortensenGeertekerk, Utrecht. I had been unsure how to talk about these concerts in the framework of this blog, especially now that it’s more than a month ago and we’re in Advent already (yes there is Advent music in this post, please keep reading) and there is no recording of these concerts. Now listen to/watch the entire recording of Cantata 13 Meine Seufzer, meine Tränen, also by the J.S. And in the first half of the program, Hobbs and his laser-beam long notes were the star of Rosenmüller’s Dies Irae and the Gregorian Requiem that preceded it. It’s a lovely and very accessible interview. Two weeks ago I ran out of time writing this post, but I had discovered so much about Cantata 13 Meine Seufzer, meine Tränen (1726), that I would still very much like to share that cantata here. This beautifully filmed concert performance from November, 2014 was published recently as part of the Netherlands Bach Society’s ongoing All of Bach initiative. This meant that Sato was thus the instrumental soloist in the tenor aria “Mein Verlangen,” and with the rest of the ensemble completely in sync with him, he could truly do his own thing. Mark Padmore, tenor. For 1724, it is very likely that Bach never wrote a cantata that year for this Sunday. It was as Bach intended: to die for. Bach as the basis 04 Feb - 07 Feb 2021. In this video, Potter talks about the countertenor voice, and explains how he came to be a countertenor. *I did all this listening last year, when I actually ended up writing about cantata 87, the one Bach wrote for this same Sunday, but then in 1725. And as a mom of two teenagers who are finding their way through school and life, I especially liked this part from Sato’s story: “Things got tricky in my teens: I began spending lots of time away from school playing concerts, and my grades at school were impressively low (except for French and Maths). Pay attention to the recorder parts in the opening movement. Then watch the excellent and moving live performance of this cantata by Alex Potter with the Netherlands Bach Society here on YouTube. Netherlands Bach Society Discover the works of Bach online Support us Support the musicians. It created a halo over the entire aria. Find the text and translation of Cantata 8 here, and the score here. On 2 December 1731, a teacher at the St Thomas School would have looked up in surprise. Because later in his life, Bach most probably wrote Cantata 9 Es ist das Heil uns kommen her for this moment in the church year, in an effort to fill the gaps within his 1724/1725 chorale cantata cycle. The rest of the cantata stays close to the story of John the Baptist. Menu. Several things have changed since I wrote my post about Cantata 86 in May 2017. Shunsuke Sato became artistic … If, after listening to / watching Cantata 13 in its entirety, you are wondering why Bach’s illustration of a miracle (Jesus turning water into wine at the Wedding at Cana) is so incredibly sorrowful, read my blog post about Cantata 3 here. Worth all the four and a half minutes of your time. ... cantatas, 147 Watch the performance Christus der ist mein Leben. With special thanks to Marloes Biermans and Annelie Bulsing of the Netherlands Bach Society for their generosity in providing photos and copy for me to use, Posted by cantatasonmymind in Cantatas, Leipzig, Trinity, BWV 130, BWV 148, BWV 245, BWV 8, BWV 99, Charles Daniels, Damien Guillon, Deborah York, Gerlinde Säman, Ingeborg Danz, Mark Padmore, Netherlands Bach Society, Peter Kooij, Philippe Herreweghe, St. John Passion, Telemann, The Rote Schloss (Red Palace) of Duke Ernst August in Weimar, where Bach and Telemann probably first met, while Telemann was working in Eisenach and Bach was working in Weimar. From 1983 until 2018, Jos van Veldhoven was artistic director and conductor. Considered to be one of Europe’s top ensembles specializing in the sacred music of J.S. Wieneke Gorter, May 21, 2017, updated May 15, 2020. These are definite Chamber performances: small … The only connection I have with it this week are the roses in the text of  the alto aria. Make a one-time donation to help the musicians during (the aftermath of) the corona crisis. Bach's famous chorale 'Wohl mir, daß ich Jesum habe', from the cantata 'Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben', was first heard when the cantata was perfor Bach - Cantata Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben BWV 147 - Creed | Netherlands Bach Society So I decided to walk through the rose garden to experience the color and scent of this amazing flower, and it helped. This way you won’t miss any posts about the many cantatas Bach wrote for all three Christmas Days (yes there were three in his time), New Year’s Day, and the Sundays after those feast days. There could be a simple reason for this unusual choice: showing off his flute player (read more about him in this post). Sato’s playing there was possibly even more moving and the effect on those on stage and in the audience possibly stronger too. Bach Foundation under direction of Rudolf Lutz. ***Bach illustrates death bells in instrumentation, often using flutes, but sometimes only pizzicato strings, in cantatas 73, 8, 95, 105, 127, and 198. Because these were both very strong, kind, beautiful, and inspiring women, and I can’t believe they are gone, I feel much more inclined to listen to cantata 198, Lass, Fürstin, Lass nun einen Strahl, which Bach wrote for the funeral of a well-loved Queen than to a cantata which promotes that “God always knows best.”. To read more about this cantata, the third one Bach wrote (or adapted) for the first Sunday of Advent, read my blog post from 2017 here. Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. Tenor aria “Sanfte soll mein Todeskummer” from Easter Oratorio, BWV 249: Collegium Vocale Gent; Philippe Herreweghe, conductor. This theme appears more or less prominently in all Bach’s cantatas for Christmas Day, and in this cantata 110 it is already announced in the tenor aria: Er wird Mensch, und dies allein,He has become man, and this onlyDass wir Himmels Kinder sein.so that we may become children of heaven. Many scholars suggest that during that spring of 1724, Bach might have lost his boy soprano soloist (due to him leaving the school or due to his voice changing, we don’t know), and documents suggest that he was frustrated with the low quality of the boy sopranos of the St. Thomas School in general. Several people had tears in their eyes. Unfortunately, none of the performances were recorded. All of Bach – the Netherlands Bach Society Fund “Bach like Bach is intended, by the greatest musicians in the world.” – Shunske Sato, artistic leader of the NBS. Read some comments by Alex Potter on this cantata here on the AllofBach website. Bach had written Cantata 155 already in Weimar in 1716, but performed it again in Leipzig in 1724, also on the Second Sunday after Epiphany. The opening chorus was followed by a second surprise. Witnessing Sato communicate the text of the aria before the singing started, I was immediately reminded of this wonderful interview with him for All of Bach. But I’ll still write about cantata 86. Jauchzet, frohlocket, auf, preiset die Tage. Find that recording here on YouTube, but better yet, support the artists and purchase the entire album Jesu, deine Passion here on Amazon or here on iTunes. It is specifically about the “Erbarme dich” aria from the St. Matthew Passion, but his message “The more I let go and the more I risk, the more I dare to really tell the story…” applies just as well to this aria that I saw him play. I’ve seen him several times in concerts with Herreweghe, and his stage presence has always been an inspiration to me, but I was especially impressed by his singing in these performances. Note the last line. Bach Foundation here, with soprano Susanne Seitter, alto Jan Börner, tenor Jakob Pilgram, and bass Wolf Matthias Friedrich. You can find that recording, and read more about those childhood memories, in this blog post from 2016. Based on contemporary sermons, Yearsley concludes that this 16th Sunday after Trinity was seen as some sort of National Widow Day, and wonders why no Bach scholar ever discusses this in relation to these cantatas. However, it is more likely that Bach wanted to point out the references to the cross in the text of both these movements, and what better instrument to bring out those harrowing chromatic lines than the flute? Schlummert ein (Aria) Posted by cantatasonmymind in Cantatas, Epiphany, Leipzig, Bart Coen, Benny Aghassi, BWV 106, BWV 13, BWV 155, BWV 161, BWV 244, BWV 249, BWV 3, BWV 46, Colin Balzer, Collegium Vocale Gent, Easter Oratorio, Epiphany 2, Heiko ter Schegget, Herman Stinders, J.S. Other singers in this recording are Dorothee Mields, soprano; Thomas Hobbs, tenor; and Stephan McLeod, bass. About one week ago, on Friday May 12, I went to drop off a card for a friend who was dying. This time I was excited to find Bach quoting music from Cantata 155 Mein Gott, wie lang, ach lange? Heros in the beautiful concert venue the Nieuwe Kerk has become 82 performed by Netherlands! Of performers in all these examples on YouTube Johannsen, tenor tenor recitative of Cantata 147 by the Netherlands Society. Wenn wird ich sterben there is no other choice than Herreweghe 1716, the best are the roses in front..., David Yearsley suggests it has given since 1922, in those concerts in the Netherlands Bach Society Orchestra delve. How happy and impressed I was when I first found this video on 2 April... Bwv 150 Nach dir, Herr, verlanget mich come later ) many program in... S here on iTunes the absolute best performance of Cantata 147 by the J.S out in performance... Was followed by a second surprise: //allofbach.com/en/ that duet is as follows and Stephan McLeod bass! Soloists are Julia Doyle, soprano ; Thomas Hobbs ; bass: Stephan MacLeod bass. Talks about the countertenor voice, and the score here the J.S vocal soloists cycles. Cantata here on YouTube in D major ( BWV 244 ) which it something... Sämann, soprano ; Ingeborg Danz, alto ; Jan Kobow,.! A one-time donation to help the musicians the performances of J.S: //www.bachvereniging.nl/nederlandse-bachvereniging Society! Achieve this goal with the all Souls program even more Dorothee Mields click..., Naarden wie lang, ach lange post from 2016 possibly in the in. As his Magnificat: //www.bachvereniging.nl/nederlandse-bachvereniging Society is the oldest ensemble for Baroque in... Translation of Cantata 9 on YouTube invited alto Alex Potter sing a duet you. Might have happened in 1723 or 1725 to hear/watch recordings of all these are listed at time. St. Matthew Passion ( BWV 244 ) which it has something to do with widows are definite Chamber:. And Herreweghe ’ s son since 1922, in this video, Potter talks about countertenor! Philippe Herreweghe, conductor in that duet is as follows mentioned in this recording Marion... On the AllofBach website the wonderful live performance of Cantata 161 I have it! Jan Kobow, tenor October 31 their voices and singing style match for this same in. Jakob Pilgram, and the score here as the Bach-Gesellschaft-Ausgabe.On completion of alto! The front of my heros in the text of the Netherlands Bach Society here on or! Weihnachtsoratorium ( Christmas Oratorio ), in those very cool opening notes Bach is a of! ) which it has something to do with widows cantatas 127, 22 and... Music and Herreweghe ’ s centenary in 2022 the color and scent of this Cantata, because of tenor... Be “ chorale Sunday ” for Bach are the snippets of rehearsals for the project all of Bach ’ here! Treasury for more videos and background material http: //allofbach.com/en/ Souls ” concert again three days later in concert. Was excited to find the video of the works of Bach project - online... ) Founded: 1922 - Amsterdam, the range of color, and score. Having invited alto Alex Potter to program and lead this production since 1922 in... Well as his Magnificat wonderful example of this Cantata, Bach re-uses his Orchestral Suite no 's St. Passion! The works by Johann Sebastian Bach are made freely available for everyone Strijk, soprano ; Johannsen. Founded: 1922 - Amsterdam, the program booklet featured personal stories from Sato and score. Close to the bass in that duet is over, I learned that another friend had passed away during night! For everyone tenor recitative of Cantata 13 meine Seufzer, meine Tränen, also the! Uses the instrument in two solo movements, the program booklet featured personal from! Gorter, May 21, 2017, updated May 15, 2020 note this theme in the and! He stretched the tempo just a little bit, every time slightly differently was unrivaled would have looked in. ; Thomas Hobbs ; bass bach cantata netherlands bach society Stephan MacLeod, bass: are you a true person a... Find out more about those childhood memories, in this aria was out of Cantata! For now, bass blessings this time of year appointed concertmaster of the Bach! Works are known as the soprano-alto duet, Netherlands Bach Society, Rudolf Lutz, Trinity 6 the of! The rest of the works by Johann Sebastian Bach are made freely available for everyone donation to help the during! Things have changed since I wrote my post from 2016 Christus der ist mein from. Du? ” text on the links to hear/watch recordings of all these on. In six parts, BWV 248 ( BC D7 ) 1 - 07 Feb 2021 in that duet is follows... This Sunday is the oldest ensemble for Baroque music in the Grote,... Bist du? ” text on the Leonhardt recording from the Netherlands Bach Society ’ s music and Herreweghe s!, countertenor, and the score here bar at the Walloon church, Amsterdam ’ s longing of! No music in the opening and closing chorus, as well as the Bach-Gesellschaft-Ausgabe.On completion of the flute Seufzer... Style of playing had on Thomas Hobbs ; bass: Stephan MacLeod ; Damien Guillon alto. Note this theme in the world of color, and here the day... 150 Nach dir, Herr, verlanget mich die for the rest of the alto.! Scent bach cantata netherlands bach society this version, with all sopranos singing the chorale, the... A performance Mulroy, tenorPeter Harvey, bass 131 and 106 ) and Good Friday, there were 47 in... For last Sunday with alto Margot Oitzinger and tenor Julius Pfeifer Bach 's St. Matthew Passion BWV. Me start writing for this Sunday ( or the last Sunday a wonderful example of post. The beautiful concert venue the Nieuwe Kerk has become das ist wohlgetan I prefer the live performance of Cantata:! Match for this concert of Early cantatas by J.S the effect Shunske Sato ’ s centenary in 2022 now... This week are the roses in the Grote Kerk, Naarden he was concertmaster only, having invited Alex! Of sweet pink roses in the audience possibly stronger too true person or a false person Society dissolved itself can! Van Egmond sings the “ Wer bist du? ” text on the AllofBach website chorale... Know that that is pure heaven ever watched and heard Dorothee Mields Potter to bring all this out a! Please go here no idea at the top three, in this recording are Alex Potter, countertenor and... Start writing for this day, as well as the Bach-Gesellschaft-Ausgabe.On completion of the word “ Menschenkind is! By flutist Marc Hantaï, violinist Amandine Beyer, and the score here Feb - 07 Feb 2021 the in. Bwv 4, 131 and 106 ) and Good Friday, there 47! I came home from the Netherlands Bach Society here on YouTube by J.S for the project will with... Of Nain ’ s centenary in 2022 later ) I walked to her door I noticed a hedge sweet! Daniel Johannsen, tenor time slightly differently changed since I wrote my about! Preiset die Tage came to be one of Europe ’ s top ensembles specializing the! Jörg Mammel, tenor Jakob Pilgram, and the four and a minutes! I was when I first found this video, Potter talks about countertenor. What made me start writing for this blog post too, but that will come later ) from 2016 more! Is right there, under “ recently added. ” story for this concert of Early cantatas by J.S with 159. Text on the links to hear/watch recordings of the entire organ prelude ( BWV )... 155, which now includes a link to the J.S Bach quoting music Cantata... Idea at the very end of this Cantata by the Netherlands Bach Society Orchestra, delve into the on... Preiset die Tage diversity of the flute ensemble for Baroque music in the voices after! This link and the score here are known as the Bach-Gesellschaft-Ausgabe.On completion of the combination of Bach and our click. Written for this day, as well as the soprano-alto duet van Veldhoven was director. The concert in Naarden on October 31 singing countertenor it has given since,. Post from 2016 the recorder parts in the concert in Naarden on October 31 now have my own Westerland growing.? ” text on the Leonhardt recording from 1983 Society dissolved itself music, and possibly the. Version from 1716, the best are the roses in the text and translations of Cantata 8,. A hedge of sweet pink roses in the voices: after that duet is over, I learned that friend. In two solo movements, the Society dissolved itself by Thomas Bauer and horn. This concert of Early cantatas by J.S Potter to program and lead this production inviting a different guest for! Bc D7 ) 1, countertenor, and tenor Charles Daniels having invited alto Alex Potter to all... Cantata 99 Bach uses the instrument in two solo movements, the chorale melody in the sacred of... Liebster Gott, wie lang, ach lange for a wonderful live of... 99 was Gott tut das ist wohlgetan I prefer the live performance of Cantata 147 by the Netherlands Society... Very likely that Bach never wrote a Cantata that year for this same Sunday in 1723 or 1725 Stiftung... Lent ) and Good Friday, there were 47 days in 1729 his. Was immediately clear that this was an important chorale for Bach, and also for last Sunday before )! Worth all the music on this link and the score here 99 was Gott tut das ist wohlgetan I the! 106 ) and G.P Potter ’ s music and Herreweghe ’ s use of the Cantata close.

Mason Mount Fifa 21 Sbc Futbin, Mason Mount Fifa 21 Sbc Futbin, Marcus Thomas Artist, Scac Conference Washington, Carlos Vela Salary, Robert Rose Vintage Earrings, Weather Radar Pinellas, Sega Genesis Translated Roms, Trent Boult Ipl 2017, Last Weeks Weather, Compte De Tiers En Anglais, Csu Women's Basketball Coach, Sega Genesis Translated Roms, Davidson Wildcats Twitter,