Episode 1530. During this Bach Week, we continue our chronological cantata cycle, which began with BWV 1. Every day, we play a cantata, followed by shorter instrumental and vocal works by J.S. Bach. Today, we begin with the cantata “Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland II”, BWV 62, from 1724.
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
1. Koraalcantate “Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland” II, BWV 62, written for the First Sunday of Advent, 3 December 1724
1 – Nun Komm, Der Heiden Heiland (Chorus)
2 – Aria Bewundert, O Menschen, Dies Grosse Geheimnis (tenor)
3 – Recitative So Geht Aus Gottes Herrlichkeit Und Thron (bass)
4 – Aria Streite, Siege, Starker Held! (bass)
5 – Recitative Wir Ehren Diese Herrlichkeit (soprano , alto)
6 – Chorale Lob Sei Gott, Dem Vater, Ton
Yukari Nonoshita (soprano), Robin Blaze (countertenor), Makoto Sakurada (tenor), Peter Kooij (bass), Bach Collegium Japan, conducted by Masaaki Suzuki
Read more here and here about Cantata BWV 62.
- Suite in E major, BWV 1006a
I. Prélude
II. Loure
III. Gavotte en Rondeaux
IV. Menuet I – Menuet II
V. Bourrée
VI. Gigue
Evangelina Mascardi (lute)
- Sonata for violin and continuo in E minor, BWV 1023 (transcribed for viola da gamba and harpsichord by Atsushi Sakai)
I. Prelude – Adagio ma non tanto
II. Allemanda
III. Gigue
Atsushi Sakai (viola da gamba), Christophe Rousset (harpsichord)
- From Köthener Trauermusik, BWV 1143 / 244a (reconstructed by Chad Kelly)
Part 1: Aria: “Lass Leopold dich nicht begraben”
Alex Ashworth (bass), Solomon’s Knot
(CD: J.S. Bach – Köthener Trauermusik, Linn Records/Outhere, 2026)
Pictured: Evangelina Mascardi (© Viktor Sokolowicz)
