Orchesterbesetzung: Oboe, Streicher und B.c.
Orchestration: oboe, strings and b.c.
Soli,GCh,Orch 18'
For solos (SATB), mixed choir and orchestra.
It is one of Johann Sebastian Bach's best-known and most popular vocal works, the cantata 'Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis' BWV 21. Intended for performance on the 3rd Sunday after Trinity and also 'in ogn...
For the composition of the Christmas Oratorio, Johann Sebastian Bach made use of the parody procedure, as he did with other large vocal works, i.e., he fell back on previously composed movements (in t...