6 movements, choral cantata, opening chorus with choral melody, an incomplete orchestration of a tenor aria, and another incomplete aria, this time for bass, with a violin part prepared for a revival, a recit linking these two and a final chorale. In addition to the...
Bach: The Cantatas
2021 Cantatas
-Sunday 31st October 2021-22nd Sunday after Trinity-J.S.Bach cantata BWV 89-,Was soll ich aus dir machen, Ephraim,’-
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,...
-Sunday 24th October 2021-21st Sunday after Trinity-J.S.Bach cantata BWV 98-,Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan’.
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...
-Sunday 17th October 2021-20th Sunday after Trinity-J.S.Bach cantata BWV 162-,Ach! ich sehe, Itzt, da ich zur Hochzeit gehe’
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...
-Sunday 10th October 2021-19th Sunday after Trinity-J.S.Bach cantata BWV 48-,Ich elender Mensch,wer wird mich erlösen,‘
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...
-Wednesday 29th September 2021-Michaelmas-The feast of St Michael-J.S.Bach cantata BWV 50-,Nun ist das Heil und die Kraft’
A one-single-movement cantata, with large, 8-part-chorus, or double choir and full, unusually-large orchestra, 3 x trumpets + drums, 3 x oboes, strings and continuo. This is a splendid movement and on a large scale, a choral fugue, really of quite breath-taking power....
-Sunday 26th September-2021-17th Sunday after Trinity-J.S.Bach cantata-BWV 114-‘Ach, lieben Christen, seid getrost.’
A 7 movement cantata, with opening choral fantasia, a central choral, with soprano and a closing ‘full’ chorale, 2 x recitativos, -bass and tenor, and 2 x arias, alto and tenor. 1 x Corno features, in a supporting role, a transverse flute, in one tenor aria, movement...
-Sunday 3rd October-2021-18th Sunday after Trinity-J.S.Bach cantata BWV 169-,Gott soll allein mein Herze haben,’
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...
-Sunday 19th September-2021-16th Sunday after Trinity-J.S.Bach cantata BWV 27-,Wer weiss, wer nahe mir mein Ende‘-
6 movement cantata, opening chorale-fantasia, with cornetto support, -with vocal insertions- 2 x recits and 2 x arias, -one with Oboe da caccia, Orchestra consisting of 2 x Oboe (-one doubling caccia) strings, 4 soloists + 4-part chorus, organ and harpsichord...
-Sunday 12th September-2021-15th Sunday after Trinity-J.S.Bach BWV 99-,Was Gott tut, du ist wohlgetan.’
A 6 movement cantata, with opening chorale fantasia, 2 x recits, 2 x arias and closing chorale. Four soloists, a four-part chorus -with reinforcing cornetto, supporting opening chorale tune, usual strings and continuo -and extensive use of transverse flute, -movement...