This single oboe orchestra, with 4-part chorus and soloists, is augmented, with a single oboe da caccia and a single flauto transverso and 2 x flauto dolce. The whole is spiced-up, by the unforgettable presence of the violoncello piccolo, in third recitativo movement....
Bach: The Cantatas
October 2022
– 19th Sunday after Trinity – 23rd October 2022 – J.S.Bach cantata BWV 56 -,Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne yragen’ –
Here, there is a full oboe-orchestra, complete with a taille. The continuo ‘cello has an important part in the first recitativo, but the most important feature, is that there is no chorus, until the last important choral and no soloists, -save a lone bass voice. This...
– 18th Sunday after Trinity – 16th October – J.S.Bach cantata BWV 197 – ,Gott ist unsre Zuversicht’ –
This large and long cantata, -most probably a so-called wedding cantata, is chosen, to fill a gap in Bach’s cantatas, for the 18th Sunday. An oboe orchestra, with a d’amore option, 4-part chorus and choir, with an additional bassoon continuo, is supplemented by...
– 17th Sunday after Trinity – 9th October 2022 – J.S.Bach cantata BWV 148 – ,Bringet dem Herrn Ehre seines Namens’ –
The distinctive sound and color, of a trio of oboes, -2 x d’amore and one caccia, with a single clarion/tromba, heads-up this string orchestra, complete with 4-part choir and continuo, although for the 2 arias and 2 recitativo, Bach uses only tenor and alto soloists....
– 16th Sunday after Trinity – 2nd October 2022 – J.S.Bach cantata BWV 95 – ,Christus, der ist mein Leben’ –
An Oboe d’amore orchestra, with continuo and 4 part chorus and soprano, tenor and bass arias and recitativos and a reinforcing corno, un the opening number and final chorale. In fact, exceptionally, Bach uses 4 chorale tunes in this cantata, the first verse of three...