The Servant of Two Masters

Donald Macleod explores J S Bach's time in Weimar where he writes music for the court chapel: the Himmelsburg or Castle of Heaven. At Weimar, Bach was the servant of two masters. The elder brother, Duke Wilhelm Ernst, lived in the official ducal residence, the vast Wilhelmsburg palace; while his younger brother, Duke Johann Ernst III, lived in the more modest Red Palace next door. When Johann Ernst died and his 19-year old son, Ernst August, inherited the title, the difference in age between him and his uncle made for an impossible working environment for Bach.

In dulci jubilo, BWV 608
Simon Preston (organ)

So lasset uns gehen in Salem der Freuden (final chorus from Cantata BWV 182 - Himmelskönig, sei willkommen)
Bach Collegium Japan
Masaaki Suzuki (conductor)

Partita No 2 in D minor, BWV 1004
Gidon Kremer (violin)

Aria: Sheep May Safely Graze, (Cantata BWV 208 - Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd!)
Magdalena Kozená (mezzo)
Musica Florea
Marek Stryncl (conductor)

Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue, BWV 903
Trevor Pinnock (harpsichord)

Presenter: Donald Mcleod
Producer: Rosie Boulton.