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Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ (Praise be to You, Jesus Christ), [1] BWV 91, is a church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach.He wrote the Christmas cantata in Leipzig in 1724 for Christmas Day and first performed it on 25 December.
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 ...
Bach structured the cantata in five movements, and scored it for two vocal soloists, tenor (T) and bass (B), a four-part choir only in the closing chorale, and a Baroque instrumental ensemble. According to the 1760 set of parts, the ensemble comprised flauto traverso (Ft), oboe (Ob), oboe d'amore (Oa), two violin parts (Vl), violetta (Vt) and ...
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 ...
Bach Cantatas Vol. 19: Greenwich/Romsey, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, William Towers, Paul Agnew, Peter Harvey, Soli Deo Gloria 2000 J. S. Bach: Cantatas Vol. 21 – Cantatas from Leipzig 1724 , Masaaki Suzuki , Bach Collegium Japan , Robin Blaze , James Gilchrist , Peter Kooy , BIS 2002
Bach structured the cantata in five movements, with two choral movements framing a sequence of recitative–aria–recitative. Bach scored the work for three vocal soloists (alto, tenor, bass), a four-part choir and a Baroque instrumental ensemble of three trumpets (Tr), timpani (Ti), two flauti traversi (Ft), two oboes (Ob), two violins (Vl), viola (Va) and basso continuo. [10]
Scholars such as John Eliot Gardiner assume that Bach based the cantata on a lost work , probably composed at Köthen for an unknown occasion. [6] The music of movements 2, 4, 6, 7, 8 and 10 is lost, and only instrumental parts of the other movements are extant. Bach added the chorales for the 1723 dedication service.
In 1851, about a century before the cantata was assigned its BWV number, it was published as No. 7 in the first volume of the Bach-Gesellschaft-Ausgabe. [13] The editor was Moritz Hauptmann. In the New Bach Edition the cantata was included in Series I, Volume 29, Kantaten zum Johannisfest (Cantatas for St. John's Day) along with BWV 30 and BWV ...