This cantata is only available in manuscript copies, which have, in past times, given scholars food for thought, as regards its authenticity. The oboe d'amore orchestra, +additional taille, with 4-part chorus/soloists and continuo, is supplemented by a lone flute and...
Bach: The Cantatas
April 2023
– Second Sunday after Easter – 23rd April 2023 – J.S.Bach cantata BWV 112 – ,Der Herr ist mein getreuer Hirt’ –
This 5 movement, 1731 cantata, - string orchestra with chorus/soloists, + 2 x oboe d'amore, with 2 x horns, - sets the full text of Ps 23, in 5 movements. 1/(chorus) 'The Lord is my faithful shepherd. He keeps me in His care, where I shall want for nothing that is...