SKU: CA.1490100
ISBN 9790007031381.
SKU: KJ.6270
Originally written for the Northwest Girlchoir, this is especially poignant with children's voices. The SATB derivative of this on Track 6 and page 17. We gather round Thee, Jesus dear, So happy in Thy presence here.
SKU: CA.1290100
ISBN 9790007088194.
SKU: MN.70-001A
UPC: 688670007897.
Instrumental parts include: Violin/Flute I Violin/Flute II Cello/Bassoon/Double Bass Keyboard Continuo.
SKU: CA.4071600
ISBN 9790007077013.
SKU: CA.3112305
ISBN 9790007166519. Text language: German/English. Text: Fritsch, Ahasverus.
This six-movement cantata uses the hymn of the same name by Ahasverus Fritsch, first recorded in 1698 in the Darmstadter Liederbuch. This places it amongst those chorale cantatas which use a hymn from the repertoire associated with Pietism. As was customary, the hymn text is retained in the outer movements, whereas the text for the inner movements - two secco recitatives and a tenor and a bass aria - are concerned with the contrast between the hostile world and the certainty of Jesus; the links between the cantata text and the Feast of the Epiphany are correspondingly tenuous. In the first movement the soprano sings the hymn melody complete, accompanied by mainly homophonic vocal parts, whilst the instrumental writing is largely influenced by the melody of the first line of the hymn. Remarkable is the tenor aria, with its contrasting central section and its chromatic twists and turns, in which Bach once again proves himself to be a master of harmony. The demands on the chorus are fairly modest, whereas the instrumentalists are challenged in the first movement and in both the arias. Score available separately - see item CA.3112300.
