[1] Works from three annual cycles of cantatas for the liturgical calendar have survived. For an overview of such resources used by Bach, see individual composition articles, and overviews in, e.g., Chorale cantata (Bach)#Bach's chorale cantatas, List of chorale harmonisations by Johann Sebastian Bach#Chorale harmonisations in various collections and List of organ compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach#Chorale Preludes. From 1953, Max Thurn conducted for the broadcaster NDR a series of Bach cantatas, with members of the NDR Chor and members of the NDR Sinfonieorchester. 10–11), chorale setting "In allen meinen Taten" (s. 9), chorale setting "Wär Gott nicht mit uns diese Zeit" (s. 3), chorale setting "Helft mir Gotts Güte preisen" (s. 6), chorale setting "Nun lob, mein Seel, den Herren" (s. 3), chorale setting "Durch Adams Fall ist ganz verderbt" (s. 8), chorale setting "Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ", chorale setting "Freu dich sehr, o meine Seele" (s. 9), chorale setting "Weg, mein Herz, mit den Gedanken", chorale setting "O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort" (ss. Links are found for the individual cantatas: Bach cantatas listed in the first chapter of the, Ibbitson, John, "A Bach cantata two decades in the making," Toronto Globe and Mail, Nov. 08, 2013 URL=. BWV 8, Wär Gott nicht mit uns diese Zeit, BWV 14, Denn du wirst meine Seele nicht in der Hölle lassen, BWV 15, Wer Dank opfert, der preiset mich, BWV 17, Gleichwie der Regen und Schnee vom Himmel fällt, BWV 18, Es ist nichts Gesundes an meinem Leibe, BWV 25, Ach wie flüchtig, ach wie nichtig, BWV 26, Gottlob! Colouring shows which cantatas are not extant church cantatas and which works were not even composed by Bach, but attributed to him in the past. / di / Signore / J.S.Bach". The specific character of a cantata or a single movement is rather defined by wind instruments, such as oboe, oboe da caccia, oboe d'amore, flauto traverso, recorder, trumpet, horn, trombone, and timpani. Bach's oratorios can be considered as expanded cantatas. Sigiswald Kuijken has recorded Cantatas for the Complete Liturgical Year with La Petite Bande and the soloists forming the choir. / 4. Ihr herrschenden Götter der Erden, Meine Seel erhebt den Herren, BWV Anh. / 2. The List of Bach cantatas is organized by BWV number but sortable by other criteria. as opera. [3] The occasion for which the piece was performed is given first, in Latin: "Dominica 21. post Trinit" (21st Sunday after Trinity Sunday, with Trinit short for Trinitatem). Bach wrote more than 200 cantatas, of which many have survived. So much so that he wrote a composition about the beverage. Each part is a sequence of an opening movement, five movements with alternating recitatives and arias, and a chorale. cantata for soprano, violin/flute, and continuo : Le Caffé is taken from the third volume of cantatas, whose texts are by Louis Fuzelier, a writer who became famous as the author of many works for the theatre. [38] Sir John Eliot Gardiner and his Monteverdi Choir undertook the Bach Cantata Pilgrimage, performing and recording in the year 2000 the sacred cantatas at churches all over Europe and in the United States. Although the German term Bachkantate (Bach cantata) became very … Bach often held concerts at his favorite coffee house in Leipzig, “Zimmerman’s Coffee House”. Ideally, a cantata text started with an Old Testament quotation related to the readings, and reflected both the Epistle and the Gospel, as in the exemplary Die Himmel erzählen die Ehre Gottes, BWV 76. Harnoncourt conducted the Wiener Sängerknaben or the Tölzer Knabenchor and the Concentus Musicus Wien. Bach often signed his cantatas with SDG, short for Soli Deo Gloria ("glory to the only God" / "glory to God alone").[2]. Within the Lutheran liturgy, certain readings from the Bible were prescribed for every event during the church year; specifically, it was expected that an Epistel from an Epistle and Evangelium from a Gospel would be read. 9–10), chorale setting "Nun lasst uns Gott dem Herren", satbSATB 3Tr Tmp 2Hn 2Fl 2Ob Oba Str Va Vdg Bc. Hautbois. 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