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The opening movement of Bach's choral cantata on Luther's "Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir" BWV 38 for the 21st Sunday after Trinity in 1724 belongs to a group of cantatas whose opening chorus is not...

As part of his third Leipzig cantata cycle, Bach performed the Ascension cantata "Gott fähret auf mit Jauchzen" on May 30, 1726. Its text is included in the collection "Sonn- und Fest-Tags-Andachten ü...

The cantata BWV 44 from Bach's first Leipzig cantata cycle, the earlier of two compositions of the same name, was probably first performed on Sunday Exaudi in May 1724. The text deals with the themes...

The opening chorus of the cantata "Schauet doch und sehet" BWV 46 is one of those movements by Bach that is primarily known in its later guise: its first part became the "Qui tollis" of the Mass in B...

The cantata "Wer sich selbst erhöhet, der soll erniedriget werden" BWV 47 for the 17th Sunday after Trinity belongs to a whole series of cantatas with obbligato organ, most of which were composed in t...

The cantata for the 19th Sunday after Trinity belongs to Bach's first Leipzig cantata cycle and was performed for the first time on October 3, 1723. The text by an unknown poet is based on the Sunday...

Reconstruction of the presumed original version by Reinhold Kubik

Kantate zum Michaelistag - Solo SATB, Coro SATB, Fl, 3 Ob, 2 Vl, Va, 3 Tr, Timp, Bc

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...

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...

Bach unterlegt jede Zeile der Psalmverse mit einer besonderen musikalischen Ausgestaltung. So klingt die Fuge 'Die Kinder Zion sei'n fröhlich über ihrem Könige' virtuos-tänzerisch, entsprechend des Te...

Unlike most of Bach's other motets, "Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied" was not composed for a funeral service, but rather for a happy occasion, probably an anniversary. Unfortunately, no further detail...

Unlike most of Bach's other motets, "Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied" was not composed for a funeral service, but rather for a happy occasion, probably an anniversary. Unfortunately, no further detail...

Unlike most of Bach's other motets, "Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied" was not composed for a funeral service, but rather for a happy occasion, probably an anniversary. Unfortunately, no further detail...

Unlike most of Bach's other motets, "Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied" was not composed for a funeral service, but rather for a happy occasion, probably an anniversary. Unfortunately, no further detail...

Unlike most of Bach's other motets, "Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied" was not composed for a funeral service, but rather for a happy occasion, probably an anniversary. Unfortunately, no further detail...

Unlike most of Bach's other motets, "Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied" was not composed for a funeral service, but rather for a happy occasion, probably an anniversary. Unfortunately, no further detail...

Unlike most of Bach's other motets, "Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied" was not composed for a funeral service, but rather for a happy occasion, probably an anniversary. Unfortunately, no further detail...

Unlike most of Bach's other motets, "Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied" was not composed for a funeral service, but rather for a happy occasion, probably an anniversary. Unfortunately, no further detail...

Unlike most of Bach's other motets, "Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied" was not composed for a funeral service, but rather for a happy occasion, probably an anniversary. Unfortunately, no further detail...

Unlike most of Bach's other motets, "Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied" was not composed for a funeral service, but rather for a happy occasion, probably an anniversary. Unfortunately, no further detail...

Unlike most of Bach's other motets, "Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied" was not composed for a funeral service, but rather for a happy occasion, probably an anniversary. Unfortunately, no further detail...

komponiert zur Beerdigung des Rektors der Thomasschule, Johann Heinrich Ernesti, am 20. Oktober 1729 - Coro SATB/SATB [2 Ob, 2 Eh, Fg, 2 Vl, Va, Vc, Bc]

komponiert zur Beerdigung des Rektors der Thomasschule, Johann Heinrich Ernesti, am 20. Oktober 1729

Für viele Chorsänger*innen ist Jesu, meine Freude nicht eine, sondern die Motette Bachs. Und tatsächlich ist es unter den Ausnahmewerken, als die man Bachs Motetten insgesamt bezeichnen muss, wiederum...