Bach's Music for New Beginnings

Published May 26, 2024 at 6:00 AM EDT

Zacharias Hildebrandt organ at Störmthal, Germany — Hildebrandt organ at Stoermthal

On The Bach Hour, Masaaki Suzuki conducts a joyfully expressive cantata written for the dedication of a pipe organ in a small German village, and William Porter performs on that very instrument.

On the program:

Fantasy in C, BWV 570, and Fugue in C, BWV 946 - William Porter, organ (Zacharias Hildebrandt instrument at Störmthal, Germany)

Cantata BWV 194 Höchsterwuenschtes Freudenfest (translation) - Yukari Nonoshita, soprano; Makoto Sakurada, tenor; Jochen Kupfer, bass; Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki, conductor

Chorale Preludes: Erstanden ist der heilige Christ, BWV 628, and Wer nur den lieben Gott läßt walten, BWV 642 - William Porter, organ