Bach & Böhm: Music for Weddings and Other Festivities

Featuring

Leonardo García Alarcón
Mariana Flores
Paulin Bündgen
Fernando Guimarães
Christian Immler
Steve Dugardin

Philippe Favette
Clematis Ensemble
Georg Böhm
Johann Sebastian Bach
Johann Christoph Bach

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Composition History

J.S. Bach's Quodlibet BWV 524, a piece with a nonsensical text, was likely performed at his own wedding to Maria Barbara in Dornheim in 1707-1708.

Recording & Production

This recording was made in March and November 2011 at the Saint-Jean l'Évangéliste church in Beaufays.

Composer Biography

Johann Christoph Bach, a cousin of J.S. Bach's father, was organist at the Georgkirche in Eisenach and was considered by J.S. Bach to be a "profound composer."

Historical Context

The Song of Songs, or Song of Solomon, from the Old Testament, was particularly popular in German Lutheran circles during the Baroque period.

Album & Artwork

The album's cover art features "Repas de famille" (Family Meal) by Jan Havicksz Steen, a Dutch painter from the 17th century.

Instruments

Stéphanie de Failly, the first violinist, plays a 1620 violin by Giovanni Paolo Maggini that once belonged to the renowned Belgian violinist Edith Volckaert.

Composer Biography

Georg Böhm, a much-admired artist, spent four years in Hamburg before settling in Lüneburg as the resident organist at the Johanniskirche for the rest of his life.