Choir director, organist, and composer Richard Webster, who helmed Bach Week in Evanston for 50 seasons, joins WFMT for a conversation about the great vocal works J. S. Bach. Later this month, Webster will lead the Midwest premiere of a new performing edition of Bach’s St. Mark Passion as music director of the new organization Bach in the City. Learn more HERE.
Great Vocal Works of Bach with Richard Webster
Richard Webster (Photo: Burlingham Productions)
Playlist
All selections by Johann Sebastian Bach.
Cantata, Gloria in excelsis Deo, BWV191
II. Duetto, “Gloria Patri et Filio et Spiritui sancto”
Hana Blažíková, soprano
Gerd Türk, tenor
Bach Collegium Japan/Masaaki Suzuki
Opening chorus from Cantata, Brich dem Hungrigen dein Brot, BWV 39
Bach Collegium Japan/Masaaki Suzuki
Aria, “Zerfließe, mein Herze” from St. John Passion, BWV 245
Dorothee Mields, soprano
Collegium Vocale Gent/Philippe Herreweghe
Chorale fantasia, “O Mensch, bewein dein Sünde groß” from St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244
Bach Collegium Japan/Masaaki Suzuki
Cantata, Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit, BWV 106
I. Sonatina
IId. Chorus, “Es ist der alte Bund”
Zsuzsi Tóth, soprano
Daniel Elgersma, countertenor
Philippe Froeliger, tenor
Tomáš Král, baritone
Vox Luminis/Lionel Meunier
Motet, Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied, BWV 225
Pygmalion/Raphaël Pichon
