A cantata featuring the small oboe orchestra and in two parts, 3+4. Despite this, it shows tight structure and wide varied range. 1/(chorus) 'These wait upon you, that you may, -in good time, give them sustenance. When you do, they gather. When you open your hand,...
Bach: The Cantatas
July 2023
– The 4th Sunday after Trinity – 2nd July 2023 – J.S.Bach cantata BWV 185 – ,Barmherziges Herze der ewigen Liebe’ –
This cantata comes down to us in two versions. The1715 first performance, in Weimar, was revived in Leipzig, 1723, for which Bach made some small changes, mainly concerning the pitch and the instrumentation. It may seem right and proper to use the 1723 version, as the...