Henry S. Drinker

This cantata, which was first performed in Leipzig on January 1, 1726, belongs to a small group of compositions that were written between Advent 1725 and mid-January 1726 and use poems by one and the...

The cantata O Ewigkeit, o Donnerwort BWV 20 for the 1st Sunday after Trinity 1724 marks the beginning of Bach's second Leipzig year, which will go down in history as the choral cantata year and is gen...

Bach's cantata BWV 26 is part of Bach's 1724/25 choral cantata cycle and was first performed on 19 November 1724. The 13-verse hymn by Michael Franck on which it is based provided Bach and its unknown...

Kantate zum 19. Sonntag nach Trinitatis - Solo B, Coro SATB (Schlusschor) / 2 Ob, Taille (Eh), Vc solo, 2 Vl, Va, Vc/Cb, Org - Tonart g-Moll / c-dorisch

Kantate zum 1. Sonntag nach Epiphanias. Soli SATB, Coro SATB, Cor, Obda, Str, Org

The cantata is one of the few cantatas by Bach with an original date. Salomon Franck's composition is closely linked to the Gospel reading from John 1:19-28, which deals with the testimony of John the...

The cantata "Ein Herz, das seinen Jesum lebend weiß" for the 3rd Easter in 1724 is one of the older cantatas that Bach integrated into his first Leipzig cantata cycle; it was originally composed in Kö...

The cantata "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben" BWV 147 for the Feast of the Visitation of Mary (2 July) in 1723 belongs to a group of three Weimar Advent cantatas which Bach reinterpreted textually in...

The text of the cantata "Seht, wir gehen hinauf gen Jerusalem" was probably first performed in 1729; this would make it the last cantata that Bach performed before the St. Matthew Passion was performe...

The cantata Widerstehe doch der Sünde BWV 54 is one of Johann Sebastian Bach's most popular solo cantatas today. The short text, comprising just three movements, comes from a collection of cantata tex...

The text for Bach's cantata "Tue Rechnung! Donnerwort" was published in Salomon Frank's "Evangelische Andachts-Opffer" as early as 1715, during Bach's time in Weimar. However, the concise but forceful...

Bach's cantata "Gott soll allein mein Herze haben" BWV 169 comes from the third Leipzig cantata cycle; it was first performed on October 20, 1726 on the 18th Sunday after Trinity. Recent research has...

For soli (SATB), choir (SATB) 2 oboes d'amore, 2 violins, viola and basso continuo. The text of Bach's cantata 'Tue Rechnung! Donnerwort' was published in 1715, that is during Bach's Weimar period, in...

Especially due to the early date of its composition, from the pen of the just turned 22-year-old Johann Sebastian Bach, the cantata 'The Lord careth for us' BWV 196 has its charm, and through its conc...

For soli (SATB), choir (SATB) 2 oboes d'amore, 2 violins, viola and basso continuo. The text of Bach's cantata 'Tue Rechnung! Donnerwort' was published in 1715, that is during Bach's Weimar period, in...

For soli (SATB), choir (SATB) 2 oboes d'amore, 2 violins, viola and basso continuo. The text of Bach's cantata 'Tue Rechnung! Donnerwort' was published in 1715, that is during Bach's Weimar period, in...

For soli (SATB), choir (SATB) 2 oboes d'amore, 2 violins, viola and basso continuo. The text of Bach's cantata 'Tue Rechnung! Donnerwort' was published in 1715, that is during Bach's Weimar period, in...

Especially due to the early date of its composition, from the pen of the just turned 22-year-old Johann Sebastian Bach, the cantata 'The Lord careth for us' BWV 196 has its charm, and through its conc...

Especially due to the early date of its composition, from the pen of the just turned 22-year-old Johann Sebastian Bach, the cantata 'The Lord careth for us' BWV 196 has its charm, and through its conc...

Especially due to the early date of its composition, from the pen of the just turned 22-year-old Johann Sebastian Bach, the cantata 'The Lord careth for us' BWV 196 has its charm, and through its conc...

Especially due to the early date of its composition, from the pen of the just turned 22-year-old Johann Sebastian Bach, the cantata 'The Lord careth for us' BWV 196 has its charm, and through its conc...

Especially due to the early date of its composition, from the pen of the just turned 22-year-old Johann Sebastian Bach, the cantata 'The Lord careth for us' BWV 196 has its charm, and through its conc...

Especially due to the early date of its composition, from the pen of the just turned 22-year-old Johann Sebastian Bach, the cantata 'The Lord careth for us' BWV 196 has its charm, and through its conc...

Especially due to the early date of its composition, from the pen of the just turned 22-year-old Johann Sebastian Bach, the cantata 'The Lord careth for us' BWV 196 has its charm, and through its conc...