In advance of WQXR's Bach 360 festival, The Choral Mix features music from the Bach Family. There’s C.P.E., Johann Nicolaus, Johann Christoph, Johan Ludwig and the master himself, Johann Sebastian. Today, a Bach Family Reunion.

Carl Phillip Emanual Bach, better known as C.P.E., was J.S. Bach’s son. C.P.E. followed in his father’s musical footsteps. Like J.S., C.P.E. also set the text of the Magnificat. And another member of the family featured in the playlist is Johann Christoph Bach. On tap is his Fürchte dich nicht with the Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, led by Timothy Brown. Johann Christoph was a first cousin once removed to J.S. Bach and his musical reputation during the time he lived was surpassed by only J.S. himself so you know he was quite a composer in his own right.

Johann Ludwig Bach, another of J.S.’s many cousins composed a large amount of music and held important musical posts in Germany. We feature a version of his Das ist meine Freude with Richard Marlow leading The Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge.

Johann Michael was the brother of Johann Christoph Bach, as well as father-in-law of Johann Sebastian Bach (he was the father of J.S. Bach's first wife Maria Barbara Bach). He hear his Halt, was du hast performed by the Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge under the direction of Richard Marlow.

Flanking the show are the Magnificats and we conclude with the joyous opening and closing movements composed by J.S. The Monteverdi Choir, and English Baroque Soloists are led in a performance by John Eliot Gardiner.

Playlist:

Johann Bach/ The Choir of Clare College, Cambridge,Timothy Brown

Unser Leben ist ein Schatten

Johann Christoph Bach/ The Choir of Clare College, Cambridge,Timothy Brown

Fürchte dich nicht

J.S. Bach/Wondrous Love/ Choir of St Ignatius, Kent Tritle

Komm, Jesu, komm

Johann Ludwig Bach /Bach Family Motets/ The Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge, Richard Marlow

Das ist meine Freude

Johann Michael Bach/Bach Family Motets/ The Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge, Richard Marlow

Halt, was du hast

Buxtehude/ Buxtehude: 6 Cantatas/ Orchestra Anima Eterna and Collegium Vocale

Jos van Immerseel

Jesu, meines lebens leben

Bach/Bach: Motets/ The Sixteen, Harry Christophers

Jesu, Meine Freude:

Gute nacht

Weicht, ihr trauergeister

Bach/ Bach: Magnificat/ Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

Magnificat

Gloria Patri