Classical Sheet Music for Mixed Choir

This six-movement chorale cantata was first performed on 26 December 1724. The text is based on the Lutheran translation of the early Christian hymn A solis ortus cardinem. The outer movements frame t...

This six-movement cantata uses the hymn of the same name by Ahasverus Fritsch, first recorded in 1698 in the Darmstädter Liederbuch. This places it amongst those chorale cantatas which use a hymn from...

Wie alle Kantaten zum Michaelisfest ist auch die Choralkantate 'Herr Gott, dich loben alle wir' BWV 130 von 1724 eine ausgesprochen prachtvolle Komposition. Nicht nur im Eingangschor und Schlusschoral...

Kantate für einen Bussgottesdienst (Fassung in g) - Die Kantate 'Aus der Tiefe ruf ich, Herr, zu dir' ist eine der allerfrühesten Kantatenkompositionen Bachs. Sie ist bereits 1707 in Mühlhausen entsta...

The cantata Ich freue mich in dir was performed for the first time in Bach's second year in office, on Christmas Day 1724, and is part of the so-called choral cantata cycle. At the heart of the compos...

Die Kantate 'Erforsche mich Gott und erfahre mein Herz' BWV 136 entstand in Bachs erstem Amtsjahr als Thomaskantor in Leipzig und wurde am 8. Sonntag nach Trinitatis, dem 18. Juli 1723 uraufgeführt. D...

Although 'Warum betrübst du dich, mein Herz' (What is it troubles thee, my heart) BWV 138 is based on the chorale of the same name, it is nevertheless not regarded as one of Bach's chorale cantatas. I...

Bach's chorale cantata with its opening text 'Wohl dem, der sich auf seinen Gott recht kindlich kann verlassen' (Tis well with him who on the Lord trusts just like a child) BWV 139 was performed for t...

Johann Sebastian Bach's world-renowned cantata "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme" (BWV 140) for the 27th Sunday after Trinity is one of the most radiant masterpieces of sacred Baroque music. With its u...

The cantata 'Mein liebster Jesus ist verloren' BWV 154 was first performed on 9 January 1724, the 1st Sunday after Epiphany. The structure and extent of the work are unusual: it comprises eight, inste...

'Ich steh mit einem Fuß im Grabe' (I stand with my open grave before me) BWV 156 is one of the few surviving cantatas of Johann Sebastian Bach that is based on texts from the so-called Picander cycle....

Kantate am Fest Mariae Reinigung, oder am dritten Osterfesttag - möglicherweise während der Weimarer Zeit (1708-1717) komponiert. Soli SB, Coro SATB, Ob, Vl solo, Vc/Cb, Org - Tonart D-Dur / e-Moll

This six-movement cantata BWV 164 was performed for the first time on 26 August 1725 in Leipzig. The text was written by Bach's Weimar cantata poet Salomon Franck and had been published earlier in 171...

The cantata 'O heilges Geist- und Wasserbad'' (O Holy spirit's solemn rite) BWV 165 is one of Bach's earliest cantata compositions and was presumably first performed in the Weimar Schlosskirche for Tr...

The cantata 'Ihr Menschen, rühmet Gottes Liebe' (You mortals, tell of God's devotion) BWV 167 is one of the first works which Bach wrote in his capacity as Kantor of St. Thomas's Leipzig. It was compo...

Bach's cantata 'My God alone this heart possesses' BWV 169 is from his third annual cantata cycle in Leipzig; it was first performed on 20 October 1726 for the 18th Sunday after Trinity. As recent res...

Bring festive brilliance to your Pentecost concert! Johann Sebastian Bach’s captivating cantata "Erschallet, ihr Lieder" (BWV 172) for Whit Sunday is among the most magnificent masterpieces of the Bar...

The cantata 'Ich liebe den Höchsten von ganzem Gemüte' (I love the Almighty with all of my spirit) BWV 174 was composed for Whit Monday 1729. It probably belongs to Bach's fourth cycle of cantatas, kn...

Kantate zu Trinitatis. Soli SAB, Coro SATB, 2 Ob, Obca, Str, Org - Tonart c-dorisch

Version in A major (version in G major under Carus 31.182/50). The cantata Himmelskönig, sei willkommen (BWV 182) occupies a special place in Johann Sebastian Bach's life story. Active as an organist...

The cantata 'Ärgre dich, o Seele, nicht' (Fret thee not, thou mortal soul) BWV 186 is in a sense the companion work to the much better-known cantata 'Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben' BWV 147. Both wer...

The two-part cantata from Bach's third cycle of cantatas was performed for the first time on 4 August 1726 (the 7th Sunday after Trinity). The large-scale opening chorus for full forces to a text from...

The cantata 'Ich habe meine Zuversicht' BWV 188 comes from the so-called 'Picander cycle' and was written for the 21st Sunday after Trinity in 1728 or 1729. There are some particular problems associat...

Die Weihnachtskantate 'Gloria in excelsis Deo', welche die Forschung seit jeher vor eine Reihe spannender Rätsel stellt, gehört zu den wenigen lateinischen Werken, die Johann Sebastian Bach verfasst h...

The cantata 'Nun danket alle Gott' (Now thank we all our God) BWV 192 is based on the text of the well-known hymn. It is therefore one of a small number of chorale cantatas which contain no free poeti...