Dec 12, 2021
6 movement cantata, opening chorale fantasia chorus, 2 x recit, -the first of these, in combination with a chorale tune, 2 x arias, -the first for tenor and the second, a soprano/alto duet, followed by closing chorale. A standard orchestra, two oboes, strings and...
Nov 30, 2021
This is a brilliant, early work, most probably written, when its composer was only 22 years of age. It is expressive and profound, leaving all previous and comparable works, a long way behind, in really every way. We can hear Bach’s unique and distinctive voice, as he...
Nov 22, 2021
This is one of Bach’s earliest surviving cantatas, perhaps penitential, written on the occasion, of a disaster, death, tragedy or some such occurrence. A continuous stream, rather than a sequence of independents, a concept derivative of the motet, combined, very...
Nov 16, 2021
An opening chorus -a cleaver combination of French Overture with chorale arrangement, is followed, after a tenor recitativo, by a tenor aria. another Recitativo, -this time for bass, a soprano aria and a closing amen and prayer. Strings, with two viola parts, -along...
Nov 5, 2021
The cantata BWV 116, features strings, 2 x Oboe d’amore, Continuo, in its instrumentation, with Chorus, and a single Corno, which appears, in the first and last choral movements, the others being an Alto aria, followed by a Tenor recitativo, followed by a Terzetto,...
