This long, 2-part cantata, is scored, for a quite large orchestra: a trio of oboes, -including Taille and an obligato caccia, a bassoon, full string orchestra with continuo and a 4-part chorus and soloists. 1/Chorus: ‘Do not, O soul, be offended, that all-surpassing...
Bach: The Cantatas
July 2022
– 6th Sunday after Trinity – 24th July 2022 – J.S.Bach -cantata BWV 170 – ,Vernügte Rhu, beliebe Seelenlust‘ –
This 5-movement solo cantata masterpiece, is scored for small forces: one oboe d’amore, strings and continuo, alto voice and a quite substantial, obbligato organ part. There is no chorale basis, or closing chorale. 1/Aria: ‘Contented rest! Beloved pleasure, of an...
– 5th Sunday after trinity – July 17th 2022 – J.S.Bach cantata BWV 93 – ,Wer nur den lieben Gott lässt walten’ –
1/Chorus: ‘If you will permit God, to prevail, and hope, in Him, all the times, you will be, wonderfully supported, in all your afflictions and sadness's. He who trusts in God, not building, on sand.’ A standard, oboe-chorus-orchestra, launches this cantata, with a...
– 4th Sunday after Trinity – 10th July 2022 – J.S.Bach cantata BWV 177 – ,Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ’-
This 5 verse, 5 movement cantata, in addition to its 2 x oboe orchestra and 4-part chorus/soloists has important parts for violino concertante and bassoon. 1/Chorus-verse one: ‘I call upon you, Lord Jesus Christ and I pray and beg you, to hear my wailing. Give me your...
– 3rd Sunday after Trinity – 3rd July 2022 – Bach cantata BWV 135 – ,Ach, Herr, mich armen Sünder‘ –
An ‘oboe-orchestra‘, -complete with continuo, 4-part choir and soloists, is joined, by a reinforcing bass line trombone and a reinforcing top line cornetto, these instruments only appearing in the first number, trombone and the last, trombone and cornetto. ‘Do not, in...