An 8-part cantata, -with two, large, long, complex and creative recitativos- all sections of the cantata, dominated by the same opening and closing chorale melody. Flute, oboe x 2, strings, chorus, + continuo. Does the high profile use, of the transverse flute,...
Bach: The Cantatas
-Sunday 25th July 2021-8th Sunday after Trinity-J.S.Bach cantata BWV 45, ,Es ist dir gesagt, Mensch, was gut ist.‘
A bi-part cantata, 3+4, 2 x flutes, oboes, strings, chorus and continuo. 1/ ‘You have been told, Man (and Woman) what is good and what the Lord requires of you, namely, to keep His word, cultivate love and be humble before Him.’ An enlivening and motivational opening...
-Sunday 18th July 2021- 7th Sunday after Trinity-J.S.Bach cantata BWV 107-,Was willst du dich betrüben.‘
A 7-section-‘choral’-cantata, with one recitativo and an embellished chorale, front and back. 1/ ‘Why are you distressed, O my dear soul? Devote yourselves to Him who is called Emanuel. Trust in Him alone. He shall make all things good and promote you affairs, so that...
-Sunday 11th July 2021- 6th Sunday after Trinity-J.S.Bach-cantata BWV 9-,Es ist das Heil uns kommen her‘-
1/ A choral ‘chorale’. ‘Salvation has come to us, through grace and pure goodness. Good deeds will no longer help us… …Faith looks to Christ… …He has become our mediator’ Key words: ‘Salvation‘, ,Es ist das Heil..‘ ‘good works’, ‚Die Werk‘ and ‘faith’/belief, ‚Der...
-Sunday 4th July 2021-5th Sunday after Trinity-J.S.Bach-cantata BWV 88-,Sieche ich will viel Fischer aussenden‘-
A two part cantata, 3x1 -the first movement of which I am going to deal with in two halves. and ,nach der Predigt‘, 4x1, -the opening recit, being in two clear parts. Parte Primo: 1/Aria: first section-Vivace. -opening text: ,Siehe, ich will viel Fisher...