6 sections: opening chorus, 2 x recitativo, 2 x aria and closing choral, with standard strings and continuo, 2 x oboe player -with 1 oboe d’amore option and a four part chorus, -with only 3 soloists, no soprano aria or recit. and 1 x Corno. (More of this, later.)...
Bach: The Cantatas
August 2022
– 11th Sunday after Trinity – 28th August 2022 – J.S.Bach cantata BWV 179 -, Siehe zu, dass deine Gottesfurcht nicht Heuchelei sei.‘ –
Standard orchestra, choir and continuo with oboe and oboe da caccia options. 1/Chorus: ‘See to it, that your fear of God, is not one of hypocrisy and do not serve God, with a double heart.’ This motet-fugue, -where instruments double voices and the continuo is...
– 10th Sunday after Trinity – 21th August 2022 – J.S.Bach – cantata BWV 101 – ,Nimm von uns, Herr, du treuer Gott’ –
An opening chorale chorus introduces an augmented orchestra, a trio of oboes, -2 x oboe + taille, with string, continuo and 4-part chorus, reinforced with a trio of trombones, to reinforce the lower chorus and a cornetto and transverse flute, to boost the soprano,...
– 9th Sunday after Trinity – 14th August 2022 – J.S.Bach cantata BWV 105 – ,Herr, gehe nicht ins Gericht mit deinem Knecht’ –
A short, 6 movement cantata, with opening adagio/allegro choral movement, alto recit, soprano aria, orchestral bass recit, tenor aria and closing orchestral choral. A standard oboe orchestra, chorus and continuo, is joined, -only for the first and the last numbers, by...