Vergnügte Ruh (Solokantaten für Alt von Johann Sebastian Bach, BWV 54, 35 und 170) Jan Börner & Capricornus Consort Basel

• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750): Widerstehe doch der Sünde, BWV 54:
• 1 Bach: Widerstehe doch der Sünde, BWV 54: I. Aria. Widerstehe doch der Sünde 06:41
• 2 Bach: Widerstehe doch der Sünde, BWV 54: II. Recitativo. Die Art verruchter Sünden 01:15
• 3 Bach: Widerstehe doch der Sünde, BWV 54: III. Aria. Wer Sünde tut, der ist vom Teufel 02:57
• Geist und Seele wird verwirret, BWV 35:
• 4 Bach: Geist und Seele wird verwirret, BWV 35: I. Prima parte – Concerto 05:25
• 5 Bach: Geist und Seele wird verwirret, BWV 35: II. Aria. Geist und Seele wird verwirret 07:06
• 6 Bach: Geist und Seele wird verwirret, BWV 35: III. Recitativo. Ich wundre mich 01:24
• 7 Bach: Geist und Seele wird verwirret, BWV 35: IV. Aria. Gott hat alles wohlgemacht 03:09
• 8 Bach: Geist und Seele wird verwirret, BWV 35: V. Seconda parte – Sinfonia 03:54
• 9 Bach: Geist und Seele wird verwirret, BWV 35: VI. Recitativo. Ach, starker Gott 01:06
• 10 Bach: Geist und Seele wird verwirret, BWV 35: VII. Aria. Ich wünsche nur bei Gott zu leben 03:14
• Vergnügte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust, BWV 170:
• 11 Bach: Vergnügte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust, BWV 170: I. Aria. Vergnügte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust 06:15
• 12 Bach: Vergnügte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust, BWV 170: II. Recitativo. Die Welt, das Sündenhaus 01:16
• 13 Bach: Vergnügte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust, BWV 170: III. Aria. Wie jammern mich doch die verkehrten Herzen 07:42
• 14 Bach: Vergnügte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust, BWV 170: IV. Recitativo. Wer sollte sich demnach wohl hier zu leben wünschen 01:05
• 15 Bach: Vergnügte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust, BWV 170: V. Aria. Mir ekelt mehr zu leben 05:34
• Total Runtime 58:03

Info for Vergnügte Ruh (Solokantaten für Alt von Johann Sebastian Bach, BWV 54, 35 und 170)

"I am more disgusted to live, therefore take me, Jesus." Harsh words - but expressions of longing for blissful peace. The cantata texts of the Darmstadt court poet Georg Christian Lehm can be called baroque in the typical sense. They speak of the tireless striving for the hereafter. In its existential form, this inner longing is in strange correspondence with the musical arrangement of the two cantatas "Vergnügte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust" BWV 170 and "Geist und Seele wird verwirret" BWV 35. Both works are, in modern terms, "intimately" arranged: only one voice - an alto - reports on the spiritual urge away from earthly suffering towards heavenly joy. She alone carries the text and is, as it were, the protagonist of the yearning beyond - without any choir collective, the symbol of Christian community. However, the singing voice is not "alone". That would in no way correspond to the theology of the time. It is carried by the grace of God and purely musically by thoughtful and intimate instrumental music.

Johann Sebastian Bach composed the cantatas in the summer months of 1726 and performed them in St Thomas' Church in Leipzig. BWV 170 is the prelude to a whole series of solo cantatas - three cantatas for alto and several cantatas for bass, tenor and soprano. Bach had not previously written a corresponding solo cantata in Leipzig. Thus "Vergnügte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust" BWV 170 occupies a special position and vividly demonstrates Bach's innovation: at no point does a chorus sound, not even at the end the familiar chorale. ...

Jan Börner, alto
Capricornus Consort:
Peter Barczi, baroque violin
Eva Borhi, baroque violin
Matthias Jäggi, baroque viola
Nadine Henrichs, baroque viola II
Daniel Rosin, baroque cello
Michael Bürgin, double bass
Katharina Arfken, oboe (d'amore)
Clara Espinosa, oboe II
Ingo Müller, taille de hautbois
Wiebke Weidanz, harpsichord
David Blunden, organ

Jan Börner
began his musical training at the age of nine when he joined the Boys' Choir of Solothurn Cathedral. Two years later, he gave his first solo performance as a boy soprano.

Jan Börner initially studied privately with Richard Levitt before he continued his vocal studies with Ulrich Messthaler at the Schola Cantorum in Basel. During his time there, he also received tuition from Andreas Scholl and Margreet Honig, graduating in 2010 with an Early Music Diploma.

As a soloist, Jan Börner specialises in Renaissance and Baroque music, and he is also a member of several vocal ensembles. Amongst others, these include the Ricercar Consort (Philippe Pierlot, Belgium) and the vocal ensemble of the J. S. Bach Foundation of St. Gallen (Rudolf Lutz), with whom he performs regularly, also as a soloist. Jan Börner is a former recipient of the Migros Culture Percentage study award and has also won several other regional awards. Alongside his busy career as a performer, Jan Börner works as a singing teacher in Solothurn and Zug.

Booklet for Vergnügte Ruh (Solokantaten für Alt von Johann Sebastian Bach, BWV 54, 35 und 170)