Bach im Fluss Orchester der J.S. Bach-Stiftung & Rudolf Lutz

• Rudolf Lutz (b. 1951): Präludium for Harpsichord:
• 1 Lutz: Präludium for Harpsichord 00:44
• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750): Ach wie flüchtig, ach wie nichtig, BWV 26 (Excerpts):
• 2 Bach: Ach wie flüchtig, ach wie nichtig, BWV 26 (Excerpts): VI. Ach wie flüchtig, ach wie nichtig 00:40
• Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Minor, BWV 1003:
• 3 Bach: Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Minor, BWV 1003: III. Andante 02:45
• Rudolf Lutz: Interludium for Harpsichord & Chorale Fragments:
• 4 Lutz: Interludium for Harpsichord & Chorale Fragments 01:46
• Johann Sebastian Bach: Wo gehest du hin, BWV 166 (Excerpts):
• 5 Bach: Wo gehest du hin, BWV 166 (Excerpts): I. Wo gehest du hin 01:57
• 6 Bach: Wo gehest du hin, BWV 166 (Excerpts): IV. Gleichwie die Regenwasser bald verfließen 00:49
• Rudolf Lutz: Interludium for Harpsichord I:
• 7 Lutz: Interludium for Harpsichord I 01:07
• Johann Sebastian Bach: Ach wie flüchtig, ach wie nichtig, BWV 26 (Excerpts):
• 8 Bach: Ach wie flüchtig, ach wie nichtig, BWV 26 (Excerpts): I. Chorale fantasia. Ach wie flüchtig, ach wie nichtig 02:06
• 9 Bach: Ach wie flüchtig, ach wie nichtig, BWV 26 (Excerpts): II. So schnell ein rauschend Wasser schießt 02:21
• Orchestral Suite No. 1 in C Major, BWV 1066:
• 10 Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 1 in C Major, BWV 1066: IV. Forlane 01:21
• Rudolf Lutz: Interludium for Harpsichord II:
• 11 Lutz: Interludium for Harpsichord II 01:04
• Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 1 in C Major, BWV 1066:
• 12 Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 1 in C Major, BWV 1066: IV. Forlane (Fast Version) 00:41
• Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis, Pt. 1, BWV 21 (Excerpts):
• 13 Bach: Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis, Pt. 1, BWV 21 (Excerpts): I. Sinfonia 03:21
• Rudolf Lutz: Interludium for Harpsichord III:
• 14 Lutz: Interludium for Harpsichord III 00:51
• Johann Sebastian Bach: Erschallet, ihr Lieder, BWV 172:
• 15 Bach: Erschallet, ihr Lieder, BWV 172: V. Komm, laß mich nicht länger warten 04:31
• Rudolf Lutz: Überleitung Cello:
• 16 Lutz: Überleitung Cello 00:14
• Johann Sebastian Bach: Prelude & Fugue in C Major, BWV 846:
• 17 Bach: Prelude & Fugue in C Major, BWV 846: I. Praeludium 02:08
• Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 140:
• 18 Bach: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 140: IV. Zion hört die Wächter singen 03:36
• Musikalisches Opfer, BWV 1079:
• 19 Bach: Musikalisches Opfer, BWV 1079: Ricercar a 6 06:59
• Johannespassion, Pt. 2, BWV 245:
• 20 Bach: Johannespassion, Pt. 2, BWV 245: No. 40, Ach, Herr, laß dein lieb Engelein 01:50
• Cello Suite No. 5 in C Minor, BWV 1011:
• 21 Bach: Cello Suite No. 5 in C Minor, BWV 1011: IV. Sarabande 02:46
• Der Himmel lacht! die Erde jubiliert, BWV 31 (Excerpts):
• 22 Bach: Der Himmel lacht! die Erde jubiliert, BWV 31 (Excerpts): IX. So fahr ich hin zu Jesu Christ 01:04
• 23 Bach: Der Himmel lacht! die Erde jubiliert, BWV 31 (Excerpts): I. Sonata 02:20
• Rudolf Lutz: Interludium for Harpsichord IV:
• 24 Lutz: Interludium for Harpsichord IV 00:19
• Johann Sebastian Bach: Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis, Pt. 2, BWV 21 (Excerpts):
• 25 Bach: Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis, Pt. 2, BWV 21 (Excerpts): XI. Das Lamm, das erwürget ist 03:12
• Total Runtime 50:32

Info for Bach im Fluss

A thematic collage of selected movements from cantatas and instrumental works compiled by Arthur Godel and Rudolf Lutz

Who, upon hearing Bach’s music, can fail to feel its powerful rhythmic momentum – indeed, the pulse of time itself? Yet behind this striking of the hour, there is a sense of eternity – a timeless sea from which all waters spring and whence they return, as was the worldview in Bach’s era.

The “Bach im Fluss” (Bach and the river of time) programme was first conceived for the annual “Wort & Klang” (Word & Sound) concert cycle, whose 2011 leitmotif was “Strömungen” (currents). At the same time, it also formed part of the 25-year project of the J.S. Bach Foundation to perform and record the entire vocal oeuvre of Johann Sebastian Bach. The work was performed in the expansive halls of the Sitterwerk, a former industrial plant in St. Gallen. For centuries, the Sitter river powered machines at the site; today, it is a place of artistic creation, where bronze sculptures are cast for artists and museums throughout the world. The old boiler house is now home to monumental, archaic sculptures by Hans Josephsohn (1920‒2012): busts and human figures that exude an out-of-time quality. The works evolved over a long process of creation and, time and again, destruction ‒ never quite complete, as if awaiting their day of redemption.

The artistic concept for the programme was twofold, drawing on both a musical-rhythmic and a theological-textual idea.

Ulrike Hofbauer, soprano
Alex Potter, countertenor
Makoto Sakurada, tenor
Wolf Matthias Friedrich, bass
Chor & Orchester der J.S. Bach-Stiftung
Rudolf Lutz, conductor

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