Bach: The Cantatas

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,...

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...

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...

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...