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Most cantatas made reference to the content of the readings and to Lutheran hymns appropriate for the occasion. The melodies of such hymns often appeared in cantatas, for example as in the four-part settings concluding Bach's works, or as a cantus firmus in larger choral movements. Other occasions for church cantatas include weddings and ...
Bach composed the cantata in Leipzig in his second annual cycle for the Fifth Sunday after Easter, called Rogate.The prescribed readings for the Sunday were from the Epistle of James, "doers of the word, not only listeners" (James 1:22–27) and from the Gospel of John, from the Farewell Discourse of Jesus, "prayers will be fulfilled" (John 16:23–30). [2]
The other four extant cantatas are Ihr Tore zu Zion, BWV 193, composed for the occasion in 1727 but partly lost, Wir danken dir, Gott, wir danken dir, BWV 29, composed for the occasion in 1731, Gott, man lobet dich in der Stille, BWV 120, adapted from earlier cantatas for wedding and homage probably in 1742, and Lobe den Herrn, meine Seele, BWV ...
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The cantata is structured in two parts, Part I of three movements to be performed before the sermon, Part II of four movements after the sermon. Bach scored it for four vocal soloists ( soprano (S), alto (A), tenor (T) and bass (B)), a four-part choir SATB , and a Baroque instrumental ensemble of two oboes (Ob), two violins (Vl), two violas (Va ...
Höchsterwünschtes Freudenfest (Most highly desired festival of joy), [1] BWV 194, [a] is a church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach.He composed it in Leipzig for dedication of the church and organ at Störmthal on 2 November 1723.
: One sings with joy about victory), BWV 149, is a church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach. He composed the work in Leipzig for Michaelmas and first performed it in 1728 or 1729. [1] It is the last of his three extant cantatas for the feast. Picander wrote the cantata's libretto, and published it in a 1728/29 cycle of cantata texts.
The cantata is opened by a sinfonia for concertante organ and orchestra, [3] probably the final movement of a lost concerto composed in Köthen, the model for the Concerto II in E major, BWV 1053, for harpsichord. Two weeks before, Bach had used the two other movements of that concerto in his cantata Gott soll allein mein Herze haben, BWV 169. [2]