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The cantata for the 14th Sunday after Trinity (August 1723) is from Bach's first Leipzig cantata cycle. The opening chorus, which is unique in Bach's cantata oeuvre, is particularly noteworthy: Bach h...

Kantate zum 16. Sonntag nach Trinitatis. Soli SATB, Coro SATB, [Cto], 2 Ob/1 Obca, Str, Org obl. - Tonart c-dorisch

The Leipzig council election cantata "Wir danken dir, Gott, wir danken dir" from 1731 is one of Bach's cantatas in which the organ is given an obbligato role. In the introductory Sinfonia (an arrangem...

The cantata Freue dich, erlöste Schar BWV 30 is one of Johann Sebastian Bach's last church cantatas. Originally composed as a parody of the cantata Angenehmes Wiederau BWV 30a for the Feast of St. Joh...

The starting point of the text is the Easter Gospel with the resurrection of Jesus, which is first celebrated extensively. This is followed by an appeal to the faithful: Every single Christian must ta...

The text of the cantata "Liebster Jesu, mein Verlangen" for the 1st Sunday after Epiphany in 1726 was written by the Darmstadt poet Georg Christian Lehms. The text is designed as a dialog between Jesu...

Kantate zum 13. Sonntag nach Trinitatis

Lyricist possibly Christian Weiß the Elder. The edition contains a reconstructed violin solo part for the tenor aria no. 2 by Dürr and Hellmann

The 1st Sunday after Trinity marks the beginning of the school year in Leipzig and therefore the start of a new cantata year for the Thomaskantor - completely against contemporary tradition. This also...

Kantate zu Neujahr - Soli SATB, Coro SATB, 3 Ob, 2 Vl, Va, Vcpic, 3 Tr, Bc, Timp

Instead of an opening chorus, the cantata BWV 42 begins with a magnificent sinfonia in the style of the 'Brandenburg Concertos'. Bach may have taken this movement from an earlier concerto. The first a...

The genesis of the cantata Wer mich liebet, der wird mein Wort halten BWV 59 is somewhat enigmatic. The surviving parts attest to a performance on 1 Whitsun 1724, but the score was written well before...

The cantata's opening chorus is the first verse of the early church hymn "Veni redemptor gentium", which in Martin Luther's adaptation became the most important Advent hymn of the Protestant church. B...

Bach's cantata for Epiphany (6.1.) 1724 opens with a large choral movement in the unusual orchestration of two horns, two flutes, two oboes da caccia, strings and bc. Surprising unisons characterize t...

The composition of this parody begins in 1718 and ends with the final version in 1731. The original work is the birthday cantata "Der Himmel lacht auf Anhalts Ruhm und Glück" for Prince Leopold von An...

The cantata Halt im Gedächtnis Jesum Christ BWV 67 for Quasimodigeniti 1724 focuses on the story of the unbelieving Thomas, who is understood as a symbol of the doubting Christian. In addition to stri...

Kantate zum 2. Pfingsttag. Soli SB, Coro SATB, 2 Ob, Taille (Eh), Zk (Tr), 3 Trb, 2 Vl, Va, (Vc pic), Org

The cantata Wachet! betet! betet! wachet! was first performed on the 26th Sunday after Trinity in 1723. BWV 70.2 is one of Bach's two-part cantatas, the first part of which was performed before the se...

Kantate zum Ratswechsel in Mühlhausen. Soli SATB, Coro SATB, 3 Tr, Timp, 2 Ob, Fg, 2 Fl, Str, Org solo

Kantate zum 3. Sonntag nach Epiphanias. Soli SAB, Coro SATB, 2 Ob, Str, Org

Bach wrote the cantata "Herr, wie du willt, so schicks mit mir" BWV 73 for the 3rd Sunday after Epiphany in 1724. As in many other cantatas of the first year, the opening movement contains a part for...

after the 2nd version by Bach

On the 1st Sunday after Trinity in 1723, Bach introduced himself as the new cantor to Leipzig's worshippers with the cantata Die Elenden sollen essen BWV 75. Like the cantatas for the 1st Sunday after...

Bach composed the cantata Du sollst Gott, deinen Herrn lieben BWV 77 for the 13th Sunday after Trinity in 1723. Together with BWV 64 and 69.1, it belongs to a small group of cantatas on texts by Johan...

The cantata Jesu, der du meine Seele BWV 78 is one of Johann Sebastian Bach's best-known vocal compositions today. It owes its popularity not least to the unusual combination of contrapuntal density i...