The links below will take you to the audio examples for the pre-concert talk prepared for the performance at St. Luke in the Fields, New York, on March 12, 2020. Performers’ names are in parentheses.

1. Andrea Gabrieli, Quem vidistis pastores, opening (Chanticleer)

2. Johann Christoph Bach, Lieber Herr Gott, wecke uns auf, opening (Cantus Cölln)

3. Johann Sebastian Bach (?), Ich lasse dich nicht, BWV Anh. 159, opening (Cantus Cölln)

4. J. S. Bach, Der Geist hilft, BWV 226, opening (Trinity College Choir, Cambridge, U.K.)

5. J. S. Bach, Der Geist hilft, BWV 226, transition to first fugue (Trinity College Choir, Cambridge, U.K.)

6. J. S. Bach, Jesu, meine Freude, BWV 227, mvt. 1 (chorale, stanza 1), opening (Cantus Cölln)

7. J. S. Bach, Jesu, meine Freude, BWV 227, mvt. 5 (chorale, stanza 3), opening (Cantus Cölln)

8. J. S. Bach, Jesu, meine Freude, BWV 227, mvt. 4 (trio), opening (Cantus Cölln)

9. J. S. Bach, Jesu, meine Freude, BWV 227, mvt. 6 (fugue), opening (Cantus Cölln)

10a. J. S. Bach, Singet dem Herrn, BWV 225, beginning of chorale from inner section (Cantus Cölln)

10b. J. S. Bach, Singet dem Herrn, BWV 225, “aria” from inner section (Cantus Cölln)

10c. J. S. Bach, Singet dem Herrn, BWV 225, 2d phrase of chorale followed by “aria” from inner section (Cantus Cölln)

11. J. S. Bach, Singet dem Herrn, BWV 225, opening (Cantus Cölln)

12. J. S. Bach, Singet dem Herrn, BWV 225, fugue from first section (Cantus Cölln)

13. Johann Schelle, Komm, Jesu, komm, opening (Memorial Church Choir, Harvard University)

14. J. S. Bach, Komm, Jesu, komm, BWV 229, mvt. 2, opening (Cantus Cölln)

15. J. S. Bach, Komm, Jesu, komm, BWV 229, mvt. 1, line 6 (Cantus Cölln)