ADVENT I
Bach Cantata BWV 36, “Soar in your joy”
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Auch mit gedämpften, schwachen Stimmen
Wird Gottes Majestät verehrt.
Denn schallet nur der Geist darbei,
So ist ihm solches ein Geschrei,
Das er im Himmel selber hört.
Even with subdued, weak voices
Gods majesty is honoured.
for if only the spirit resounds,
there is such a cry to him
that he himself hears it in heaven.
Cantata texts by Martin Luther, Philipp Nicolai,
and Christian Friedrich Henrici (Picander)
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Here is the incomparable Kathleen Battle singing this beautiful aria.
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two weary pumpkins
astride a sunlit walkway
await autumn’s end
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November rains don’t last forever. Hope rises even as the days shorten,
Reminding of a just in time in the story of man
May the feeble cry of thanks in a wrecked life be heard by our lover
May soon the cry of song be released as needed by so many lips
Forgive us foremost the chief of sinners not worthy and have mercy on us all
Light eternal lead us on our path home. Shine in this wilderness
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Advent sycamore
at the end of November
above Christmas lights
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