3/5. The city of Lubeck was a challenging location for a church composer in Buxtehude's time. Religious intolerance was rife, and the underground Pietist movement was increasingly challenging the authority of the Lutheran establishment. On the 300th anniversary of the composer's death, Donald Macleod is again joined by performer and scholar Ton Koopman to explore how deftly Buxtehude managed to steer his career down this hazardous road.
Ad Manus (Membra Jesu Nostri, Cantata 3)
Members of the Sixteen, Symphony of Harmony and Invention, conductor Harry Christophers
Wie schon leuchtet der Morgenstern, BuxWV223 Ton Koopman (organ)
0 frohliche Stunden, BuxWV84
Emma Kirkby (soprano), John Holloway and Manfredo Kraemer (violins), Jaap ter Linden (viola da gamba), Lars Ulrik Mortensen (harpsichord)
Nun komm der Heiden Heiland , BuxWV211; In DulciJubilo, BuxWV197Ton Koopman (organ) Keyboard Suite in C, BuxWV226
Ton Koopman (harpsichord) Repeated at 8.45pm