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Radio 3,04 Jan 2026,59 mins

Happy New Year - 18th Century German style

The Early Music Show

Available for 25 days

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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  1. Track
    Artist
  2. 1.
    Singet dem Herrn - alles was Odem hat (Cantata BWV.190)
    Singet dem Herrn - alles was Odem hat (Cantata BWV.190)
    Johann Sebastian Bach
  3. 2.
    Jesu dulcis memoria, BuxWV 57
    Jesu dulcis memoria, BuxWV 57
    Dieterich Buxtehude
  4. 3.
    Rex virtutum
    Rex virtutum
    Matthias Weckmann