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Happy New Year - 18th Century German style

Hannah French chooses a selection of 18th Century German cantatas composed specifically to welcome in a new year, including examples by JS Bach, Buxtehude, Telemann, Graupner, Weckmann, Zelenka and Fasch.

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Music Played

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Singet dem Herrn - alles was Odem hat (Cantata BWV.190)

    Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan. Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki.
    • BIS.

  • Dieterich Buxtehude

    Jesu dulcis memoria, BuxWV 57

    Ensemble: Theatre of Voices. Director: Paul Hillier.
    • Da Capo.

  • Matthias Weckmann

    Rex virtutum

    Ensemble: Theatre of Voices. Director: Paul Hillier. Singer: Jakob Bloch Jespersen.
    • Da Capo.

  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Wünschet Jerusalem Glück (Chorus)

    Singer: Veronika Winter. Singer: Anne Bierwirth. Singer: Georg Poplutz. Singer: Matthias Vieweg. Ensemble: Das Kleine Konzert. Director: Hermann Max.
    • CPO.

  • Christoph Graupner

    Jesu, mein Herr und Gott allein: No. 1, Jesu, mein Herr und Gott allein

    Performer: Sergio Azzolini. Ensemble: Kirchheimer BachConsort. Director: Florian Heyerick.
    • CPO.

  • Christoph Graupner

    Jesu, mein Herr und Gott allein: No. 4 Wer Jesum hat, hat allen Segen

    Performer: Sergio Azzolini. Ensemble: Kirchheimer BachConsort. Director: Florian Heyerick.
    • CPO.

  • Christoph Graupner

    Jesu, mein Herr und Gott allein: No. 7 Höre, Jesu, unser Schreien

    Performer: Sergio Azzolini. Ensemble: Kirchheimer BachConsort. Director: Florian Heyerick.
    • CPO.

  • Jan Dismas Zelenka

    Missa Circumcisionis: Kyrie

    Ensemble: Ensemble Inégal. Director: Adam Viktora.
    • Nibiru.

  • Johann Friedrich Fasch

    Gehet zu seinen Toren ein, Kantate für Soli, Chor und Orchester

    Choir: Leipziger Universitätschor. Ensemble: Bläser-Collegium Leipzig. Orchestra: Pauliner Barockensemble. Ensemble: Trompeten Consort Friedemann Immer. Director: Wolfgang Unger.
    • Thorofon.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Jesu, nun sei gepreiset (Cantata No 41)

    Choir: Bach Collegium Japan. Orchestra: Bach Collegium Japan. Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki.
    • J.S. Bach: Cantatas 33: Bach Collegium Japan/Suzuki.
    • BIS.
    • 1.

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