Recorded live in San Antonio on Nov. 12, 2023, flutist Brandon Patrick George and harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani perform J.S. Bach's Sonata in C Major, BWV 1033.

Concert presented by San Antonio Chamber Music Society, recording produced by Nathan Cone.

Brandon Patrick George and Mahan Esfahani play Bach

J.S.Bach. "Himmelskönig, sei willkommen" Cantata for Palm Sunday (1714)
Soli & Thomanerchor Leipzig, Gewandhaus orchester
Georg Christoph Biller

J.S.Bach: Cantata "Himmelskönig, sei willkommen" BWV 182

J.S.Bach: "Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern" BWV 1 (1725)
for  the Feast of Annunciation of Mary (March,25)
Soli & Thomanerchor Leipzig, Gewandhaus orchester
Georg Christoph Biller



J.S.Bach: Cantata "Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern" BWV 1

Johann Sebastian Bach: Matthäus-Passion BWV 244
Passio Domini Nostri J.C. Secundum Evangelistam Matthaeum
1st performance: April 11, 1727 Leipzig - Earlier Version, possibly as late as Apr 15, 1729
Soli & Choir of King's College, Cambridge

J.S.Bach: Matthäus-Passion BWV244

J.S.Bach: "Der Himmel lacht! Die Erde jubilieret"
Cantata for Easter Day [Easter Sunday] - 1st performance: April 21, 1715 - Weimar
Soli & Thomanerchor Leipzig, Gewandhausorchester
Georg Christoph Biller

J.S.Bach: Cantata "Der Himmel lacht! Die Erde jubilieret" BWV 31

J.S.Bach: "Bleib bei uns, denn es will Abend werden" BWV 6 Chorale Cantata for Easter Monday -1st performance: April 2, 1725 - Leipzig
Soli & Ensemble Baroque de Limoges
Christophe Coin

Cantata "Bleib bei uns, denn es will Abend werden" BWV 6

J.S.Bach: "Ich lebe, mein Herze, zu deinem Ergötzen" BWV 145 - Cantata for Easter Tuesday [3rd day of Easter] - 1st performance: April 19, 1729 - Leipzig
Ruth Holton, Nico van der Meel, Bas Ramselaar
Holland Boys' Chor, Netherlands Bach Collegium
Peter Jan Leusink


J.S.Bach: Cantata "Ich lebe, mein Herze, zu deinem Ergötzen" BWV 145

J.S.Bach: "Am Abend aber desselbigen Sabbatas" BWV 42
Solo Cantata for the Quasimodogeniti [1st Sunday after Easter]
1st performance: April 8, 1725 - Leipzig
Soli, Collegium Vocale Gent
La Chapelle Royale
Philippe Herreweghe


J.S.Bach: Cantata "Am Abend aber desselbigen Sabbatas" BWV 42

Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 140

Johann Sebastian Bach, composer
Trevor Nuckols, horn/arranger
David Ball, organ

Bach's famous cantata was written in 1731 as music to be included in a church service - despite its simplicity, it's now one of Bach's most famous in the genre thanks to its inclusion of a well-known tune.

The opening words of this cantata, Wachet auf, which translates as ‘Sleepers Awake’, contains a tune written by a Lutheran pastor called Philipp Nicolai.

It caught Bach’s attention during his golden Leipzig period. It wasn’t unusual for Bach to transform original melodies by other chorale and hymn-tune composers into his own works of art. The most famous section of this cantata is Part IV: ‘Zion hears the watchmen calling’ and it is here that Nicolai’s tune features.

The first performance of this most beautiful of wake-up calls was on 25 November 1731, which was the 27th Sunday after Trinity – the specific day for which the work was written to be performed. It is notable that there can be only 27 Sundays after Trinity in years when Easter falls early. As a result, this now famous cantata was, in fact, rarely heard in the years after it was written.

Johann Sebastian Bach: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, arr. Nuckols  | Nuckols, Ball (Live)

Johann Sebastian Bach: "Ich bin ein guter Hirt" BWV 85 Cantata for Misericordias Domini [2nd Sunday after Easter, Apr 14, 2024 ]1st performance: April 15, 1725 - Leipzig
Soli & Holland Boys' Choir, Netherlands Bach Collegium
Pieter Jan Leusink

J.S.Bach: Cantata "Ich bin ein guter Hirt" BWV 85

Johann Sebastian Bach: "Ihr werdet weinen und heulen" BWV 103 (1725) Cantata for Jubilate [3rd Sunday after Easter, Apr 21, 2024 ]
Ensemble vocale & Strumentale "Il Gardellino"
Cond. Marcel Ponseele

J.S.Bach: Cantata "Ihr werdet weinen und heulen" BWV 103

Johann Sebastian Bach: "Es ist euch gut, daß ich hingehe" (1725) Cantata for 4th Sunday after Easter (Apr 28, 2024)
Soli & Bach Collegium
Helmuth Rillling

J.S.Bach: Cantata "Es ist euch gut, daß ich hingehe" BWV108

Johann Sebastian Bach: "Bisher habt ihr nichts gebeten in meinem Namen" BWV 87 Cantata for 5th Sunday after Easter (Dominica Rogate, May 5, 2024)
Soli, Holland Boys' Chor, Netherlands Bach Collegium
Pieter Jan Leusink

J.S.Bach: Cantata "Bisher habt ihr nichts gebeten in meinem Namen" BWV87

J.S.Bach: "Auf Christi Himmelfahrt allein" (1725) Cantata for the Ascension Day
Soli, Monteverdi Choir & English baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner

J.S:Bach: Cantata "Auf Christi Himmelfahrt allein" BWV 128

J.S.Bach: "Sie werden euch in den Bann tun" BWV 183 (1725) Cantata for Exaudi [Sunday after Ascension, 6th Sunday after Easter, May 12, 2024]
Soli, Holland Boys'Chor, Netherlands Bach Collegium
Pieter Jan Leusink

J.S.Bach: Cantata "Sie werden euch in den Bann tun" BWV 128

J.S.Bach: "Wer mich liebet, der wird mein Wort halten" BWV 59 (1723)
Solo Cantata for Whit Sunday [1st Day of Pentecost, May 19 2024 ]
Ruth Holton, Bas Ramseler
Holland Boys'Chor, Netherlands Bach Collegium
Pieter Jan Leusink



J.S.Bach: Cantata "Wer mich liebet, der wird mein Wort halten" BWV 59

J.S.Bach: "Also hat Gott die Welt geliebt" BWV 68 (1725) Cantata for Cantata for Whit Monday [2nd Day of Pentecost, May 20, 2024)
Ensemble Baroque de Limoges
Christophe Coin

J.S.Bach: Cantata"Also hat Gott die Welt geliebt" BWV 68

Johann Sebastian Bach: "Er rufet seinen Schafen mit Namen" BWV 175 (1725)Solo Cantata for Whit Tuesday [3rd Day of Pentecost, May 21, 2024)
Bach Collegium Japan
Masaaki Suzuki

J.S.Bach: Cantata "Er rufet seinen Schafen mit Namen" BWV 175

J.S.Bach: "Höchsterwünschtes Freudenfest "BWV 194 (1723) Cantata for Trinity Sunday (May 26, 2024)
Soli & Thomanerchor Leipzig
Gewandhausorchester
Georg Christoph Biller


J.S.Bach: Cantata "Höchsterwünschtes Freudenfest" BWV 194

Hailed by the New York Times as "Outstanding" and an "Excellent Soloist", horn player Trevor Nuckols performs as a leading soloist, chamber musician, and orchestral performer across the globe. He won the Gold Medal at the Vienna International Music Competition, First Prize at the International Horn Society's Premiere Soloist Competition, the North International Music Competition, Music Academy of the West Concerto Competition, and the Juilliard Concerto Competition. He is a recipient of the International Horn Society's Barry Tuckwell Award, Sylff Fellowship, Kovner Fellowship, and Interlochen's Young Artist Award. 

Nuckols has performed & recorded as solo horn of the Münchener Kammerorchester & with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. He has performed as guest principal horn with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Bad Reinchenhall Philharmoniker, and the Philharmonie Salzburg. He received his training at the Marlboro Music Festival, Tanglewood Music Center, Pacific Music Festival, & the Lucerne Festival. He has taught master classes at Seoul National University, Tokyo College of Music, New York University, and the University of Cartagena.

Nuckols is a graduate of Interlochen Arts Academy, earned his Bachelor & Master of Music degrees from The Juilliard School, and received a Postgraduate Diploma from the Universität Mozarteum Salzburg. His teachers include Michael Corcoran, Gene Berger, R. J. Kelley, Jens McManama, & Radovan Vlatković. He performs exclusively on a custom Alexander B flat horn and a Raoux Millereau.

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