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Bach's Wedding Cantata Weichet nur, betrubte Schatten

Fiona Talkington introduces a performance of Bach's 'wedding cantata' Weichet nur, betrubte Schatten, which may have been sung on his wedding day in 1721. Plus music by Zelenka.

Fiona Talkington introduces a performance of Bach's 'Wedding Cantata,' Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten and finds out whether Anna Magdalena might have sung this very cantata at her wedding to JS Bach in 1721. The cantata's central aria: 'To practise sweet courtship, to cuddle joyously,' features a solo oboe. Today's programme also includes an oboe concerto and a suite for seven instruments written a few years after Bach's cantata.

Telemann
Oboe Concerto in D minor, TWV 51:d1

Bach
Cantata: Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten, BWV 202

Zelenka
Overture a 7 in F, ZWV 188

Carolyn Sampson (soprano)
Katharina Arfken (oboe)
Freiburg Baroque Orchestra
Gottfried von der Goltz (conductor).

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Sun 18 Oct 2015 14:00

Music Played

  • Bach

    Bach - Wie freudig ist mein Herz’ from Cantata BWV 199

    Performer: Katharina Arfken. Singer: Carolyn Sampson. Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Gottfried von der Goltz.
  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Telemann - Oboe Concerto in D minor

    Performer: Katharina Arfken. Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Gottfried von der Goltz.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach - Presto from concerto in G BWV 592

    Performer: Bernard Foccroulle.
  • Munich Bach Orchestra

    Bach - Wedding cantata Weichet nur, betrüte Schatten, cantata, BWV 202

    Performer: Katharina Arfken. Singer: Carolyn Sampson. Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Gottfried von der Goltz.
  • Jan Dismas Zelenka

    Zelenka - Overture a 7 in F, ZWV 188

    Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Gottfried von der Goltz.

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  • Sun 18 Oct 2015 14:00

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