The complex revisions, musical-evolution and the history, of the formation, of this cantata-oratorio, are not under discussion here. What we have and can see before us, set out, in 11 sections, for Easter Sunday, but here presented, as a suitable fill-in for Psalm...
Bach: The Cantatas
General
– Sunday 3rd April 2022 – J.S.Bach cantata BWV 120 – ,Gott, man lobet dich in der Stille’ –
In this, 6-movement, festival cantata, containing some re-cycled material, the orchestra, -with an oboe d’amore option and chorus, are joined, by a concertanteor solo violin. Three trumpets and timps, are included, but only in the second, strictly choral movement....
-Sunday 27th March 2022 – J.S.Bach cantata BWV 119, ,Preise, Jerusalem, den Herrn’-
A splendid festive civic-election cantata, Ratswechsel, that just gets more and more splendid, as it progresses. Leipzig, in the August of 1723 just did not realise, how lucky it was, to have such music, in its midst. A large scale work, with 9 varied and interesting...
– Friday March 25th 2022 – The Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary – J.S Bach Magnificat BWV 243’-
Musical settings, of the Magnificat, -the song, of the most blessed, virgin Mary, stretch back, to the 14th century and beyond. It seems that everybody and anybody, from the great and remembered, to the lowly and forgotten, have put their mind and their music, to pen...
– Sunday 20th March 2022 – J.S.Bach, civic celebration cantata BWV 71 – ,Gott ist mein König‘
An early, 7 movement cantata, from 1708 and one of two, second now lost, written by Bach. The occasion, the installation of a civic-council. A large orchestra is required, the normal combination of oboes, strings, continuo and chorus, being joined by, 2 x recorders, 3...
– Sunday 13th March 2022 – J.S.Bach ‘Reformation’ cantata – BWV 80 – ,Ein feste Burg ist user Gott’ –
This long, 8 section cantata, is scored for standard orchestra, -oboes, strings, continuo and 4-chorus, with solo parts. The three oboe players, are, throughout, required to take up, as requested, by Bach, their variants, oboe, oboe d’amore, oboe da caccia and Taille....
-Sunday March 6th 2022-Bach cantata BWV 79-,Gott der Herr ist Sonn und Schild’-
As there are no cantatas during Lent, I have chosen this one, a Reformation Day, (31/10) example. This Protestant-Christian-religious-holiday, is a celebration of the onset, of The Reformation, itself. This is a fine example indeed, a 6 movement work, with large...
-Quinquagesima-Sunday 27th February 2022-J.S.Bach cantata BWV 23 (Fassung in h-Moll)-,Du wahrer Gott und Davids Sohn’-
This cantata, -apparently, first conceived, by Bach, in Cöthen, as a test piece, was extended and transposed downwards, -from c minor, to b minor, with oboes transformed into d’amore and trombones and cornett added, as reinforcement, in Leipzig. A 4-movement setting,...
-Sexagesima Sunday 20th February 2023-J.S.Bach-cantata BWV 126-,Erhalt uns, Herr bei deinem Wort.’-
A six movement cantata: Opening chorus with chorale melody, Tenor Aria with 2 Oboes, Recitative with choral insertions, the Tenor voice joined by the Alto, Bass Aria with continuo accompaniment only, secco recit for Tenor and a closing tutti chorale. The standard...
-Septuagesima Sunday 13th February 2022-J.S.Bach cantata BWV 92-,Ich hab in Gottes Herz und Sinn’-
A substantial and varied cantata. Nine movements, beginning with a large-scale, opening chorus with choral melody, followed by the second movement, a recitativo, again with choral tune, then a Tenor aria, with strings, a choral sung by Alto with oboes, a Bass aria,...