(Click on picture for larger image) • • • Today is the great Christian feast of Pentecost, commemorating King Jesus pouring out the Holy Spirit upon his people. In honor of this great event in salvation history, we present magnificent pieces from two different Bach Pentecost cantatas. The first is the opening Chorus from Cantata BWV 172, “Erschallet,Continue reading “Pentecost: Cantata & Pic of the Week”
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Easter VII: Pic & Cantata of the Week
(Click on picture for larger image) • • • In tribute to the Coptic Christians of Egypt and all Christians being persecuted for their faith today, we present four movements from one of Bach’s cantatas for Easter VII. The text and themes are taken from the Gospel passage, John 15: 26 – 16: 4, inContinue reading “Easter VII: Pic & Cantata of the Week”
Easter VI: Pic & Cantata of the Week
(Click on picture for larger image) • • • One of Bach’s cantatas for Easter VI is the delightful “Wahrlich, wahrlich, ich sage much” (BWV 84), based on the Gospel for the day in the composer’s time: John 16:23-30. Two pieces from this work describe a wonderful conversational relationship between the believer and God in the WordContinue reading “Easter VI: Pic & Cantata of the Week”
Easter V: Pic & Cantata of the Week
(Click on picture for larger image) • • • Today we present the first two movements from a cantata about Jesus’ promise of a Comforter, the Holy Spirit. Bach’s cantata BWV 108, based on the Gospel passage John 16:5-15, is called “Es ist euch gut, daß ich hingehe,” translated “It is expedient for you that I goContinue reading “Easter V: Pic & Cantata of the Week”
Easter IV: Pic & Cantata of the Week
(Click on picture to see larger image) • • • The Gospel for this Sunday in Bach’s day was John 16:16-23, a text in which Jesus warns his disciples, “Very truly, I tell you, you will weep and mourn, but the world will rejoice; you will have pain, but your pain will turn into joy.”Continue reading “Easter IV: Pic & Cantata of the Week”
Easter III: Pic & Cantata of the Week
(Click on picture for larger image) ❀ Psalm 23 is perhaps the most loved text in the Hebrew Bible. For this Sunday in Easter, Bach wrote three cantatas on the theme of the Good Shepherd, including BWV 112, “Der Herr ist mein getreuer Hirt“ (The Lord is my faithful shepherd), his setting of the 23rdContinue reading “Easter III: Pic & Cantata of the Week”
Easter II: Pic & Cantata of the Week
(Click on picture for larger image) ❀ One of two cantatas for the second Sunday in Easter is “Halt im Gedächtnis Jesum Christ” — “Keep in mind Jesus Christ.” It is the earliest of two that Bach wrote for this Sunday, both of which have been described as “masterpieces.” As for its content, Craig SmithContinue reading “Easter II: Pic & Cantata of the Week”
Pic & Cantata for Palm Sunday
(Click on picture for larger image) • • • We’re back to Bach! The Lenten season was a time when no cantatas were sung in worship in Lutheran churches, so today we return to Bach’s music on Palm Sunday. BWV 182, “King of Heaven, be Thou welcome,” is the only Bach Palm Sunday cantata weContinue reading “Pic & Cantata for Palm Sunday”
Pic & Cantata of the Week (Quinquagesima)
(Click on picture to see larger image) • • • EPIPHANY VIII (Quinquagesima) Bach Cantata BWV 22: “Jesus took unto him the twelve” Quinquagesima is the name for the Sunday before Ash Wednesday. The name originates from Latin quinquagesimus (fiftieth), referring to the 50 days before Easter Day. Bach wrote four cantatas for this Sunday, BWVContinue reading “Pic & Cantata of the Week (Quinquagesima)”
Pic & Cantata of the Week (Sexagesima)
(Click on picture to see larger image) • • • EPIPHANY VII (Sexagesima Sunday) Bach Cantata BWV 18, “For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven” Sexagesima Sunday) is the name for the second Sunday before Ash Wednesday in the Gregorian Rite liturgical calendar of the Roman Catholic Church, and also in that of some ProtestantContinue reading “Pic & Cantata of the Week (Sexagesima)”
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