WDR 3 broadcasts musical pieces by Bach and other composers
A broadcast featuring musical pieces by Peter Philips, Samuel Friedrich Capricornus, Henry Du Mont, Tomás Luis de Victoria, Zoltán Gárdonyi, and Johann Sebastian Bach was reported by www1.wdr.de.
Broadcast Features Compositions by Philips, Capricornus and Du Mont
The broadcast opens with Peter Philips’s composition Gaudens gaudebo, performed by the Cambridge Choir of Gonville and Caius College under the direction of Matthew Martin, running at two minutes and thirty seconds. Samuel Friedrich Capricornus also contributes a setting of Gaudens gaudebo, performed by bass Dominik Wörner alongside the Kirchheimer Düben-Consort, directed by Jörg-Andreas Bötticher, with a runtime of ten minutes and twelve seconds.
Henry Du Mont’s Dum esset Rex is featured. Soprano Marine Lafdal-Franc, tenors Clément Debieuvre and Antonin Rondepierre, and bass David Witczak perform the piece alongside Concerto Soave and Les Pages et les Chantres du Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles, under the direction of David Schneebeli, lasting fourteen minutes and thirty-eight seconds.
Program Includes Settings by Victoria and Gárdonyi
Tomás Luis de Victoria appears twice in the program. Capella de la Torre, directed by Katharina Bäuml, performs Quam pulchri sunt in a two-minute and fifty-six-second recording. Additionally, Collegium Vocale Gent, under the direction of Philippe Herreweghe, performs Victoria’s setting titled Vadam, et circuibo civitatem, spanning six minutes and fifty-six seconds.
Zoltán Gárdonyi’s Lobgesang nach Psalm 45 is included in a nine-minute and fifty-eight-second performance featuring organist Rudolf Müller and the Kammerchor Bad Homburg, directed by Susanne Rohn.
Johann Sebastian Bach Cantata Feature
The program includes Johann Sebastian Bach’s cantata Ich geh und suche mit Verlangen, BWV 49, designated for the 20th Sunday after Trinity. Soprano Miriam Feuersinger and bass Klaus Mertens perform the work alongside the Ensemble der Bachkantaten in Vorarlberg, with a duration of twenty-six minutes and twenty seconds. Kirsten Betke authored the program, while Susanne Rump served as the editor.