This 'oboe' orchestra, with chorus and continuo, is not really, out of the ordinary, save for the fact that this continuo, warrant's more extra bassline support, than at first might seem appropriate, at least one violone/bass and possibly a bassoon, or two, as well,...
Bach: The Cantatas
November 2022
– 23rd Sunday after Trinity – 20th November 2022 – J.S.Bach cantata BWV 163 – ,Nur jedem das Seine’ –
2 cellos are required for the third movement - aria and 4 soloists are required, for 5 vocal movements, -3 arias and 2 recits. The only choral movement is the final choral and the orchestra, is simply strings and continuo. 1/Aria: To each, his own, is due. If the...
– 22nd Sunday after Trinity – 13th November 2022 – J.S.Bach cantata BWV 115 -,Mache dich, mein Geist, bereit’ –
A string orchestra, -violin x 2 and viola + continuo and with 4-part choir- is joined by one each, of oboe d’amore and flute. A violincello-piccolo, makes a welcome, although slightly different contribution, to 4th Aria movement and a corno appears in its familiar...
– 21st Sunday after Trinity – 6th November 2022 – J.S.Bach cantata BWV 109 – ,Ich glaube, lieber Herr, hilf meinem Unglauben’ –
An oboe orchestra, with 4-part choir is joined by a single Corno da caccia, where it appears only twice, firstly in the opening chorus, where it has a mostly, independent part and secondly in the exciting orchestral choral, the final movement, where it simply...