Cantatas by Johann Sebastian Bach

Mimi S. Daitz, conductor
Continuo throughout the concert: John Lettieri, organ, and George Ginovkir, cello

Sunday, December 13, 1998 Christ Church Riverdale, Bronx, NY

I "Ich bin vergnügt mit meinem Glücke" ["I am happy in my good fortune"] BWV 84
  1. Aria: soprano, oboe, strings, continuo
  2. Recitative: soprano, continuo
  3. Aria: soprano, oboe, violin, continuo
  4. Recitative: soprano, strings, continuo
  5. Chorale: SATB chorus, oboe, strings, continuo

Brenda Fitch Fairaday, soprano; Setsuko Akizawa, oboe; Elaine Sutin, violin

II "Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir" ["In my despair I cry to Thee"] BWV 38

  1. Chorus: SATB chorus, 2 oboes, strings, continuo
  2. Recitative: alto, continuo
  3. Aria: tenor, 2 oboes, continuo
  4. Recitative: soprano, continuo
  5. Terzetto: SAB chorus, continuo
  6. Chorale: SATB chorus, 2 oboes, strings, continuo

Michael Polscer, tenor; Brenda Fitch Fairaday, soprano; Amy Gluck, mezzo-soprano;
James Wilson & Setsuko Akizawa, oboes

III "Ich habe genug" ["It is enough"], selections from BWV 82

* Aria: alto, oboe, strings, continuo
* Recitative: alto, continuo
* Aria: alto, oboe, strings, continuo

Amy Gluck, mezzo-soprano; James Wilson, oboe

IV "Schwingt freudig euch empor" ["Soar joyfully aloft"], BWV 36, Part 1

  1. Chorus: SATB chorus, 2 oboes, strings, continuo
  2. Duet, chorale: soprano & alto, 2 oboes, continuo
  3. Aria: tenor, oboe, continuo
  4. Choral: SATB chorus, 2 oboes, strings, continuo

Brenda Fitch Fairaday, soprano; Amy Gluck, mezzo-soprano; Michael Polscer, tenor;
James Wilson & Setsuko Akizawa, oboes

String ensemble: Elaine Sutin & Jonathan Kahn, violins; Marcia Havivi, viola