BWV 51: “Höchster mache deine Güte” (III.: Aria) Bach Cantata
[Höchster mache deine Güte] Aria from BWV 51 “Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen” arranged as a Trio sonata with basso continuo performed by:
Keiko Enomoto (soprano)
Rebecca Ineichen (harpsichord)
Nenad Leonart (chamber organ)
This is the middle and centrepiece of the Bach Cantata “Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen” BWV51, Bach's only church cantata scored for a solo soprano and trumpet.
The arrangement between the continuo instruments imitates a trio sonata in the manner of Johann Sebastian Bach, while the singer floats on top of the structured accompaniment with her gracious lines pleading for Gods grace once again. The sounds of harpsichord and organ combine seamlessly providing a tender texture fitting the introspective lyrics of the Aria.
Video and audio recording were realised 2021 by Leonart Music Video. The recording took place on 16th June 2021 in Toni Areal, Zürcher Hochschule der Künste, Switzerland.
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BWV 51.3 Aria lyrics:
“Höchster, mache deine Güte
Ferner alle Morgen neu.
So soll vor die Vatertreu
Auch ein dankbares Gemüte
Durch ein frommes Leben weisen,
Dass wir deine Kinder heißen.”
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Aria: Höchster mache deine Güte BWV 51.3
Johann Sebastian Bach composed the church cantata Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen BWV 51 in Leipzig, where the first known performance took place on 17 September 1730.
The text was written by an unknown poet who took inspiration from various biblical books. Bach structured the work in five movements, with the solo voice accompanied by a Baroque instrumental ensemble of a virtuoso trumpet, strings and continuo. While the outer movements with the trumpet express extrovert jubilation of God's goodness and his wonders, the central introspective aria, accompanied only by the continuo, conveys a "profound expression of commitment to God". He set the closing chorale as a chorale fantasia, the soprano sings the unadorned melody to a trio of two violins and continuo, leading to an unusual festive fugal Alleluja, in which the trumpet joins.
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Bio:
The soprano Keiko Enomoto comes from Wakayama, Japan. After a bachelor's degree in cultural studies at Waseda University in Tokyo, she developed her talent for singing at the Freiburg University of Music with Prof Dorothea Wirtz and at the Zurich University of the Arts with Prof. Werner Güra.
She is particularly interested in lieder singing, already having given several recitals in Germany, Japan and Switzerland and being a prizewinner at the Carl-Seemann Competition in Freiburg and a finalist at the 59th university competition in the subject Lied duo in Lübeck, the Paula-Salomon Lindberg competition "Das Lied" in Berlin and at the 9th international competition “Schubert and Modernism” in Graz.
https://keikoenomoto.de
Rebecca Ineichen was born in 1996 and has been studying at the Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK) 2013-2021. She completed her bachelor's and master's degree in piano with distinction in 2018 with Prof. Karl-Andreas Kolly. She has played as chamber musician and as a soloist with several orchestras and won various prizes in competitions. In addition to the piano, she plays the harpsichord with ensembles and various orchestras, before she began studying harpsichord in the Master Music Performance with Prof. Michael Biehl in 2018. In 2016, Rebecca discovered organ playing as another passion: She graduated with distinction from the church music organ with Prof. Tobias Willi in 2019 and has been the organist in the Reformed parish of Russikon since the end of 2019.
https://rebecca-ineichen.ch
Nenad Leonart is a baroque musician on harpsichord solo and baroque organ based in Switzerland. He was born in Nis (Serbia) and studied early music and harpsichord in the University of Arts Zurich (ZHdK). He plays the harpsichord and also clavichord and organ and other historic keyboard instruments. Since last year, he has started his own series of concerts in his home studio “Leonart Studio” in Greifensee and moved into the music video production business. He also works as an organist, concert harpsichordist and basso continuo player.
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