Bach's Wedding Cantata Weichet nur, betrubte Schatten
Bach's secular wedding cantata Weichet nur, betrubte Schatten, sung by Carolyn Sampson.
The Early Music Show · BBC Radio 3
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Show Notes
Fiona Talkington introduces a performance of Bach's 'Wedding Cantata,' Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten and finds out whether Anna Magdalena might have sung this very cantata at her wedding to JS Bach in 1721. The cantata's central aria: 'To practise sweet courtship, to cuddle joyously,' features a solo oboe. Today's programme also includes an oboe concerto and a suite for seven instruments written a few years after Bach's cantata.
Telemann Oboe Concerto in D minor, TWV 51:d1
Bach Cantata: Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten, BWV 202
Zelenka Overture a 7 in F, ZWV 188
Carolyn Sampson (soprano) Katharina Arfken (oboe) Freiburg Baroque Orchestra Gottfried von der Goltz (conductor).