Bach: The Cantatas

A 6 movement cantata, -aria, recit, aria, recit aria, choral, every voice except tenor being assigned an aria or recit, or in the case of the alto voice, both an aria and recit. Chorus, continuo and strings, are joined by 2 x oboes and in the first and last movements,...

This short and small-scale, chamber music-like work, is not a chorale-cantata, -or one framed, by choral based chorale movements. It is scored for strings continuo and 4-part-chorus, all of whom, -except the tenor, step forward for solos, and a trio of oboes including...

This cantata, has come down to us, in two versions. I will present the version, revised by Bach, where he added, what he calls, the corno da tirasi, -an instrument, only ever mentioned by Bach, and never anybody else, anywhere- for use, in his cantatas and most...

A 7 movement cantata: -opening chorus with choral melody, -extended accompanied alto recit, leading to a chorale, forming the end of an unofficial first half, -aria, short recit and aria (tenor), -closing chorale. 2 x oboes, strings, continuo, chorus, alto/tenor...

7 movement cantata, for alto soloist, throughout, -with chorus, only in the final chorale, extended introductory sinfonia, in the form of a concerto movement, for organ, 2 x recit/arioso, 2 x arias and, a closing chorale-chorus. 1/sinfonia: The concerto BWV 1053 for...