Johann Sebastian Bach

Arranged for SATB choir and organ Many congregations cannot celebrate Christmas without 'Jauchzet, frohlocket, auf, preiset die Tage', but often the instrumental possibilities and financial means for...

Arranged for SATB choir and organ Many congregations cannot celebrate Christmas without 'Jauchzet, frohlocket, auf, preiset die Tage', but often the instrumental possibilities and financial means for...

After a statement of the chorale in unison, Hal Hopson has taken the final movement from part 1 of J.S. Bach's 'Christmas Oratorio' 'Vom Himmel hoch' and set it using the words penned by Martin Luther...

für Soli (SATB), gem. Chor und Orchester

The cantata "Gottlob! nun geht das Jahr zu Ende" BWV 28 for the Sunday after Christmas begins unusually: with an aria instead of the usual opening chorus, characterized by joyful, dance-like rhythms i...

Festive horn sounds open Bach's cantata Darzu ist erscheinen der Sohn Gottes BWV 40, first performed on 26.12.1723. The two inner chorales, which are inserted between the recitative and the correspond...

Bach's second cantata beginning with the text "Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland" BWV 62 was performed on 1 Advent (the only Advent Sunday with church music in Leipzig at the time) in 1724 and belongs to t...

With its large orchestration, which was used chorally in accordance with older models, the cantata is a festive piece. In terms of its external splendor, it is at best equalled, but not surpassed, by...

The cantata Sehet, welch eine Liebe BWV 64, composed for Christmas Day 1723, is characterized by the opening chorus in the "old style" without obbligato instruments. As with the cantata Darzu ist ersc...

Kantate zum 1. Weihnachtstag (Frühfassung). Soli SATB, Coro SATB, 2 Cor, Timp, 3 Ob, Str, Fg, Org

Kantate zum 1. Weihnachtsfeiertag. Soli SATB, Coro SATB, 3 Tr, Timp, 2 Fl, Ob, Obda, Obca, Str, Org - Tonart D-Dur / h-Moll

The cantus firmus is present in four of the six movements, giving the cantata great unity. In addition to the opening chorus and final chorale, it is heard in one of the rare tercets in Bach's vocal w...

Bach's cantata BWV 151, whose wonderfully intimate opening aria is rightly considered one of Bach's "happiest inspirations" (Alfred Dürr), was composed for Christmas Day 1725. The flute and oboe d'amo...

Bach was not able to use the Weimar Advent cantata 'Ärgre dich, o Seele, nicht' BWV 186a in Leipzig, as there was no performance of church music there between the 1st Sunday of Advent and Christmas. B...

The Christmas cantata "Gloria in excelsis Deo", which has always presented researchers with a number of exciting puzzles, is one of the few Latin works written by Johann Sebastian Bach. It consists of...

Carsten Klomp hat für die vorliegende Ausgabe den Orchestersatz der 1. Kantate aus Johann Sebastian Bachs Weihnachtsoratorium auf die Orgel übertragen. Damit ermöglicht er nicht nur eine Aufführung in...

Das Weihnachtsoratorium nur mit Orgel- statt mit Orchesterbegleitung? Kann das funktionieren - ausgerechnet bei diesem so festlichen und farbig orchestrierten Werk? Die vorliegende Bearbeitung zeigt:...

Das Weihnachtsoratorium nur mit Orgel- statt mit Orchesterbegleitung? Kann das funktionieren - ausgerechnet bei diesem so festlichen und farbig orchestrierten Werk? Die vorliegende Bearbeitung zeigt:...

The Christmas Oratorio with just organ instead of orchestral accompaniment? Can this work with such a festive and colorfully orchestrated piece? This arrangements show that it can, and surprisingly we...

First produced in Leipzig in 1734-35, Bach's Christmas Oratorio unfolds in a set of 6 cantatas unified by a Biblical narrative relating the story of the birth of Christ. This masterpiece of sacred mus...

Für die Komposition des Weihnachts-Oratoriums bediente sich Johann Sebastian Bach wie auch bei anderen großen Vokalwerken des Parodieverfahrens, d. h., er griff auf früher komponierte Sätze zurück (in...

Zu Bachs bekannter und häufig aufgeführter Weihnachts-Kantate' wird das Aufführungsmaterial nunmehr nach grundlegender Revision und Vergleich mit den autographen Quellen käuflich angeboten.