ARTEK performs Bach: Cantata 208, Hunting Cantata

ARTEK, Gwendolyn Toth, director
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750): Cantata 208, Hunting Cantata (1713)
Live performance February 27, 2020
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, New York City
ARTEK
Laura Heimes, soprano: Diana
Clara Rottsolk, soprano: Pales
Andrew Fuchs, tenor: Endymion
Peter Becker, bass: Pan
Vita Wallace, violin
Marka Young, violin
David Miller, viola
Ezra Seltzer, cello
Jessica Powell Eig, violone
Geoffrey Burgess, oboe & recorder
Kristin Olson, oboe & recorder
Julie Brye, oboe & oboe da caccia
Joseph Jones, bassoon
Sara Cyrus, corno da caccia
Alexandra Cook, corno da caccia
John Lenti, theorbo
Gwendolyn Toth, harpsichord & director
1. Recitative: Diana
Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd!
What I like best above all is the lively hunt!
2. Aria: Diana
Jagen ist die Lust der Götter
Hunting is the Gods' delight
3. Recitative: Endymion
Wie, schönste Göttin? wie?
What, most beautiful goddess, what?
4. Aria: Endymion
Willst du dich nicht mehr ergetzen
Will you take no more pleasure
5a. Recitative: Diana
Ich liebe dich zwar noch!
I do indeed still love you!
5b. Recitative: Endymion
So gönne mir
Then allow me
5c. Duet: Diana, Endymion
Ja! ja! wir tragen unsre Flammen
Yes, yes! Let us bring our torches
6. Recitative: Pan
Ich, der ich sonst ein Gott
I, who am usually a god
7. Aria: Pan
Ein Fürst ist seines Landes Pan!
A prince is the Pan of his land!
8. Recitative: Pales
Soll dann der Pales Opfer hier das letzte sein?
Should Pales’ offering be here the last one?
9. Aria: Pales
Schafe können sicher weiden
Sheep may safely graze
10. Recitative: Diana
So stimmt mit ein
Then join in our song
11. Chorus
Lebe, Sonne dieser Erden
Long live, sun of this earth
12. Duet: Diana, Endymion
Entzucket uns beide, ihr Strahlen der Freude
Enchant us both, you beams of joy
13. Aria: Pales
Weil die wollenreichen Heerden
While the woolly flocks
Aria (Pan): Ihr Felder und Auen
14. Aria: Pan
Ihr Felder und Auen
You fields and meadows
15. Chorus
Ihr lieblichste Blicke, ihr freudige Stunden
You most beloved vistas, you most joyful moments
ARTEK performances are made possible, in part, with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature, and with public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.
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[@robertoscandiuzzi6070]

Straordinaria esecuzione. Bravissimi

[@org4n1sm43]

19:37

[@salx101]

thanks fam

[@helenmanwaring9002]

Use a split screen and a search engine for a translation If I can do it in my eighties anyone can 👵🏻

[@helenmanwaring9002]

Or listen to the human voice as yet another instrument, Bach was a genius at doing this 👵🏻

[@surfistavirtual4631]

It's a shame that it can't be translated into another language. A SERIOUS AND IRRESPONSIBLE FAULT! The music is beautiful, but what's the point if you can't get the message? Not everyone speaks the same language that is sung. (This comment was translated from Portuguese).

[@kalebe_mco3149]

Concordo plenamente, mas isso demanda um grande trabalho de transliteração e tradução para não perder o sentido das palavras e etc. Sei que isso é trabalhoso, mas não é impossível. Deveriam disseminar-se em mais línguas, não somente as cantatas de Bach, mas também árias óperas e outras tantas músicas incríveis.

[@helenmanwaring9002]

Bach used the voice as another instrument to harmonise with those being played