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Gustav Klimt

Water Serpents I

This Sunday’s Bach Cantata - 6th Sunday after Trinity  

BWV 170 - Wer nur den lieben Gott lässt walten (complete)  

Andreas Scholl, alto Choir & Orchestra of the J. S. Bach Foundation of St Gallen; dir. Rudolf Lutz  

1. Aria A  Delightful rest, beloved pleasure of the soul,    you cannot be found among the sins of hell,    but rather in the concord of heaven;    you alone strengthen the weak breast.    Therefore the pure gifts of virtue    shall have their dwelling in my heart.

2. Recitative A  The world, that house of sin,  erupts only in hellish songs,  and attempts, through hatred and envy,  to carry Satan’s image upon itself.  Its mouth is full of adder’s venom,  which often mortally attacks the innocent,  and will only utter Vengeance!  Righteous God, how far  has humanity distanced itself from You;  You love, yet its mouth  proclaims curses and enmity  and wishes only to trample a neighbor under its feet.  Alas! this crime is difficult to atone for.

3. Aria A  How the perverted hearts afflict me,  which are so sorely, my God, set against You;  I truly tremble and feel a thousand pangs,  when they rejoice only in vengeance and hate.  Righteous God, what might You be thinking,  when they, with the very intrigues of Satan,  only scorn Your sharp proscriptions so boldly.  Alas! Without a doubt You have thought:  how the perverted hearts afflict Me!

4. Recitative A  Who should hereafter  wish, indeed, to live here,  when only hatred and hardship  is the answer to love?  Yet, since even my enemy,  like my best friend,  I should love according to God’s commandment,  thus my heart flees from  anger and bitterness,  and wishes only to live with God,  who is Love itself.  Ah, spirit filled with mildness,  when only will He grant you His heavenly Sion?

Pergolesi | Stabat Mater, Dolorosa

Hans Baldung c.1523

Stravinsky - Violin Concerto in D

This is one of Stravinsky’s popular neo-classial works, and a good companion to Brahms’ concerto. Like Brahms, Stravinsky had help writing the violin part from a violinist, Samuel Dushkin, because Stravinsky wasn’t familiar with the violin enough to have the confidence to write for it well. This concerto follows the neo-classical flair by writing in older forms: the toccata, arias, and capriccio. Also, each movement contains a large ranging chord [D4 + E5 + A6], that becomes a prominent motif. Stravinsky used chord displacement across large ranges in many of his works, and is considered a pointillist texture. This concerto is very sunny, and the last movement always makes me think of an avery of tropical birds.

Movements;

1. Toccata

2. Aria I

3. Aria II

Aria. Frangi l'arco, Arcier Bendato (Onestà)

By Composer Alessandro Scarlatti

Performed By Vocalist Mónika Gonzálesz And The Savaria Baroque Orchestra