An English version of the complete Lutheran service for Ascension Day as it might have been given with Bach's music in St Thomas's Church, Leipzig, in about 1744
Celebrant THE REV WILLIAM LEAH Minister THE RT REV HANNS LILJE Lutheran Bishop of Hanover ILSE WOLF (soprano)
ALFREDA HODGSON (contralto) IAN PARTRIDGE (tenor) BRIAN RAYNER COOK (bass-baritone)
CHRISTOPHER BOWERS-BROADBENT (organ)
CONGREGATION AND CHOIR Continuo:
BERNARD RICHARDS (cello)
CHARLES SPINKS (chamber organ) ENGLISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA conducted by ANDREW DAVIS from St John's, Smith Square, London
Order of Service:
Prelude in c major (s 545a) Chorale: Heut' triumphieret Gottes Sohn
Chorale Prelude on Heuf triumphieret Gottes Sohn (s 630) Mass in G major (s 236): Kyrie; Gloria
Salutation: Collect; Epistle (Acts 1, vv 1-11)
Chorale: Nun freut euch, lieben Christen g'mein
Gospel (Mark 16, vv 14-20) Gloria tibi
Cantata No 11: Lobet Gott in seinen Reichen (part 1) Apostle's Creed
Chorale: Herr Jesu Christ , dich zu uns wend'
Sermon: Lord's Prayer Cantata No 11 (part 2) Prayers; Preface
Sanctus (Mass in B minor)
Prayer of Consecration; Chorale Prelude on Nun komm' der HeidenHeiland(s659); Chorale: Allein Gott in der Hoh sei Ehr Post Communion Collects: Benedicamus; Blessing
Chorale: Du Lebensfurst, Herr Jesu Christ
Prelude and Fugue in c major (s 547)
Devised and produced by MICHAEL HALL