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Bach: Three Weimar Cantatas BWV 182, 12, 172
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On 2 March 1714, barely three weeks before his twenty-ninth birthday, the Weimar court organist Johann Sebastian Bach received the title of Concertmaster. Shortly before he had turned down an important organist's postition in Halle; the promotion to concertmaster, granted at his most humble request, clearly represented a quid pro quo on the part of his employer, Duke Wilhelm Ernst of Saxe-Weimar. As the principal condition of his new post Bach had the obligation to perform new pieces every month - in today's parlance, to produce a new cantata on a monthly basis.- Joshua RifkinPerformers:Joshua Rifkin, DirectorSusanne Rydén, SopranoSteven Rickards , CountertenorJohn Elwes, TenorMichael Schopper, Bass Only $11.98 - Click here to buy now! |