A small, 1 x oboe orchestra, with 4-part chorus and soloists, - although the tenor voice in fact has no solo, accompany this short and compact cantata. The score suggests that a violone should be included in the continuo line-up. 1/Sinfonia: The questioning and...
Bach: The Cantatas
January 2024
– The Circumcision of Christ – New Year’s Day – 1st January 2024 – J.S.Bach cantata BWV 171 – ‘Gott, wie dein Name, so ist auch dein Ruhm bis an der Welt Ende.’t
In this New Year's Day cantata, from 1729, a festive orchestra, -with trumpets and drums, brings some considerable sense of awesomeness and power, to the name of God. 1/(chorus): 'According to you name, O God, so is your praise, -and to the ends of the earth.' This...