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The complete recordings of Bach's cantatas are accompanied by liner notes from musicians and musicologists; Gardiner commented on his Bach Cantata Pilgrimage, Isoyama wrote for Masaaki Suzuki, and Wolff for Ton Koopman. Bischof, Walter F. (2010). "Komm, du süße Todesstunde". University of Alberta; Dellal, Pamela (2012).
The cantata is scored for four vocal soloists—soprano, alto, tenor and bass—a four-part choir (), two oboes d'amore, two violins, viola, and basso continuo. [2] The cantata is in nine movements and is one of Bach's longer cantatas both in terms of form and amount of text and music, lasting around thirty minutes.
Bach composed the cantata in 1723 in his first year in Leipzig for the Ninth Sunday after Trinity.It is likely that the anonymous librettist was a theologian from the city; the text begins with the second verse of Psalm 143, "And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified" (Psalms 143:2).
O ewiges Feuer, o Ursprung der Liebe (O eternal fire, o source of love), [1] BWV 34 (BWV 34.1), is a church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach.He composed it in Leipzig for Pentecost Sunday, and it was the basis for a later wedding cantata, BWV 34a, beginning with the same line.
The Foundation is engaged in a project to perform and record Bach's complete vocal works at a church in Trogen, [2] a project which began in 2006 and was originally scheduled to take 25 years. [3] The Foundation maintains a choir and an orchestra (founded by Lutz as the "ensemble Schola Seconda Pratica") and features international soloists in ...
Jesu, nun sei gepreiset BWV 41 Chorale cantata by J. S. Bach Thomaskirche, Leipzig Occasion New Year's Day Chorale "Jesu, nun sei gepreiset" by Johannes Hermann Performed 1 January 1725 (1725-01-01): Leipzig Movements 6 Vocal SATB choir and solo Instrumental 3 trumpets timpani 3 oboes 2 violins viola violoncello piccolo da spalla continuo Jesu, nun sei gepreiset (Jesus, now be praised), BWV 41 ...
The cantata text of an unknown author is based exclusively on Jakob Ebert's hymn in seven stanzas (1601). [3] The librettist of Bach's chorale cantata cycle is not known, but Bach scholar Christoph Wolff noted that "he must have worked closely with Bach" and named as "the most likely candidate" Andreas Stöbel, a co-rector of the Thomasschule. [1]
Bach wrote the chorale cantata in his second year in Leipzig for the First Sunday after Epiphany. [2] [3] The prescribed readings for the Sunday were taken from the Epistle to the Romans, speaking of the duties of a Christian (Romans 12:1–6), and from the Gospel of Luke, the finding in the Temple (Luke 2:41–52).