At home with Johann Sebastian
Wednesday, June 10, 8PM CDT
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Renée Anne Louprette, organ and harpsichord
George B. Stauffer, commentary
Broadcast from the Louprette/Stauffer residence
Somerset, New Jersey
PROGRAM
Partita on “Freu dich sehr, o meine Seele” (Rejoice greatly, o my spirit)
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Georg Böhm (1661-1733) |
Pastorella in F Major, BWV 590
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Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) |
| Excerpts from Anna Magdalena Bach’s Little Clavier Book of 1725 | |
| Menuet | Christian Petzold (1677-1733) |
| Les Bergeries (The Sheepfolds) | François Couperin (1668-1733) |
| Edifying Thoughts of a Tobacco Smoker | Anonymous |
| Marche in D Major | Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-1788) |
| Marche in F Major | Johann Christian Bach (1735-1782) |
| Fugue from Prelude, Fugue, and Allegro in Eb Major for Lute | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| or Lute-Harpsichord, BWV 998/2 | |
| Fantasia and Fugue in C Minor, BWV 537 | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Presto from Concerto in G Major, BWV 592/3 | Prince Johann Ernst (1696-1715) Transcribed for organ by Bach |
Renée Anne Louprette and George Stauffer perform and discuss the music of J.S. Bach
Get a feel for what you might have heard played during a relaxing evening in the home of Anna Magdalena and Johann Sebastian Bach. Featuring excerpts from Anna Magdalena Bach’s Little Clavier Book of 1725, Bach’s Fantasia and Fugue in C Minor, Bach’s Pastorella in F Major, and more.
Sponsors
Kay & Ron Walker
Hailed by The New York Times as “splendid,” and “one of New York’s finest organists,” Renée Anne Louprette has established an international career as organ recitalist, accompanist, conductor, and teacher. She has performed with the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra, Voices of Ascension, Clarion Music Society, American Symphony Orchestra, The Dessoff Choirs, New York Choral Society, Oratorio Society of New York, and Piffaro. In New York City she has appeared in Carnegie, Zankel, Avery Fisher, Alice Tully and Merkin Halls, and Miller Theatre of Columbia University. Learn more.
George B. Stauffer is Distinguished Professor of Music History and former Dean of the Mason Gross School at Rutgers University. Educated at Dartmouth College, Bryn Mawr College, and Columbia University, he is well known for his writings on the music and culture of the Baroque Era and the life and works of Johann Sebastian Bach, in particular. He has published eight books, including, most recently, J.S. Bach: The Mass in B Minor (Yale University Press) and The World of Baroque Music (Indiana University Press). Learn more.
