Cantatas and a Christmas Magnificat
On Choral Showcase this week we take you back to Johann Sebastian Bach's first Christmas in Leipzig in 1723, when he produced two of his very best cantatas and his first long-form vocal work: the Christmas version of the Magnificat.
Show Notes
Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata, BWV 63 Christen atzet diesan Tag (Christians, engrave ye this day)
- Sylvia McNair, soprano; Janice Taylor, contralto; David Gordon, tenor; Daniel Lichti, bass
- The Bach Choir of Bethlehem
- The Bach Festival Orchestra
- Greg Funfgeld, conductor
Johann Sebastian Bach: Magnificat in E-flat Major, BWV 243a
- Carolyn Sampson, soprano; Ingeborg Danz, alto; Mark Padmore, tenor; Sebastian Noack, bass
- Collegium Vocale Gent
- Philippe Herreweghe, conductor
Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata BWV 65 Sie warden aus Saba alle kommen (All they from Sheba shall come)
- James Gilchrist, tenor; Peter Harvey, bass
- Monteverdi Choir
- The English Baroque Soloists
- John Eliot Gardiner, conductor