Bach in the Back Bay

Published October 20, 2024 at 6:00 AM EDT

Richards, Fowkes & Co. Opus 10 organ at First Lutheran Church, Boston

On The Bach Hour, Bálint Karosi performs the composer's music on a masterpiece of an organ, and Sergey Schepkin is the pianist in the Partita No. 3, both recorded in landmark spaces in Boston's Back Bay.

On the program:

Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir (attr. Martin Luther) - Robert MacDonald, bass

Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir, after BWV 686 - His Majesty's Sagbutts and Cornetts, Timothy Roberts, director

Cantata BWV 38 Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir (translation) - Deborah York, soprano; Franziska Gottwald, alto; Paul Agnew, tenor; Klaus Mertens, bass; Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra and Choir, Ton Koopman, conductor

Partita No. 3 in A minor, BWV 827 - Sergey Schepkin, piano

Fantasy and Fugue in C minor, BWV 537 - Bálint Karosi, organ (Richards, Fowkes, & Co. Opus 10 organ at First Lutheran Church of Boston)