An oboe orchestra, + continuo and 4-part chorus, is supplemented, in this cantata, with 2 x recorders and a tromba, resulting, in the aria movement, no 3, an orchestration not heard anywhere else in Bach. 1/(chorus): 'Lord Jesus Christ, -true man and true God. Who...
Bach: The Cantatas
February 2024
– Purification of The Blessed Virgin Mary – Friday 2nd February 2024 – J.S.Bach cantata BWV 157 – ‘Ich Lasse dich nicht, du segnest mich denn’ –
This cantata may have its compositional roots in music written for a previous funeral event. A chamber-like oboe d'amore orchestra, is supplemented with a single flute, -themselves starkly contrasting orchestral colouration and textual content, the four voices joining...