– 22nd Sunday after Trinity – 13th November 2022 – J.S.Bach cantata BWV 115 -,Mache dich, mein Geist, bereit’ –

Nov 5, 2022

A string orchestra, -violin x 2 and viola + continuo and with 4-part choir- is joined by one each, of oboe d’amore and flute. A violincello-piccolo, makes a welcome, although slightly different contribution, to 4th Aria movement and a corno appears in its familiar...

– 21st Sunday after Trinity – 6th November 2022 – J.S.Bach cantata BWV 109 – ,Ich glaube, lieber Herr, hilf meinem Unglauben’ –

Oct 29, 2022

An oboe orchestra, with 4-part choir is joined by a single Corno da caccia, where it appears only twice, firstly in the opening chorus, where it has a mostly, independent part and secondly in the exciting orchestral choral, the final movement, where it simply...

– 20th Sunday after Trinity – 30th October 2022 – J.S.Bach cantata BWV 180 – ,Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele‘ –

Oct 21, 2022

This single oboe orchestra, with 4-part chorus and soloists, is augmented, with a single oboe da caccia and a single flauto transverso and 2 x flauto dolce. The whole is spiced-up, by the unforgettable presence of the violoncello piccolo, in third recitativo movement....

– 19th Sunday after Trinity – 23rd October 2022 – J.S.Bach cantata BWV 56 -,Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne yragen’ –

Oct 12, 2022

Here, there is a full oboe-orchestra, complete with a taille. The continuo ‘cello has an important part in the first recitativo, but the most important feature, is that there is no chorus, until the last important choral and no soloists, -save a lone bass voice. This...

– 18th Sunday after Trinity – 16th October – J.S.Bach cantata BWV 197 – ,Gott ist unsre Zuversicht’ –

Oct 8, 2022

This large and long cantata, -most probably a so-called wedding cantata, is chosen, to fill a gap in Bach’s cantatas, for the 18th Sunday. An oboe orchestra, with a d’amore option, 4-part chorus and choir, with an additional bassoon continuo, is supplemented by...