Any distribution or commercial use of these music examples is absolutely forbidden. Sehet, wir gehn hinauf gen jerusalem, bwv 159 wikipedia. Zion lutheran church of hopkins minnesota celebrates 500th anniversary of the reformation. The opening chorale setting receives a brisk, confident and joyful account. This product was created by a member of smp press, our global community of independent composers, arrangers, and songwriters. Bachs famous cantata was written in 1731 as music to be included in a church service despite its simplicity, its now one of bachs most famous in the genre. Jelle stocker, gerwin zwep, anne jan leusink, herjan pullen, hans van roset, aalt jan van roest, tanny koomen, claude paulinck, erik guldenaar. The series was produced by the dutch tv and from time to time it is. Bwv 140 is arguably the most popular of all bachs cantatas, and it receives a firstrate performance here. The singing tune associated with that version of the magnificat, a german variant of the tonus peregrinus, appears in bachs composition.
Gachinger kantorei stuttgart bachcollegium stuttgart. Highquality recordings of the works by johann sebastian bach are made freely. Bwv 140 is a cantata for the 27th sunday after trinity or. The opening chorus may remind listeners of the form of the opening chorus of the st. Right click on the part name to get a popup menu allowing you to download the. Cantata bwv 140 discusssions part 2 bach cantatas website. Frequently referred to as the actus tragicus, it was probably written in muhlhausen, the thuringian town in. You could say that in the second duet bach opens a window onto what he might have done had he written operas. Christ unser herr zum jordan kam, bwv 7 bach, johann. Click on the youtube icon to the left of the name to viewhear the track on youtube. Sehet, wir gehn hinauf gen jerusalem behold, let us go up to jerusalem, bwv 159, is a church cantata by johann sebastian bach. Midi learning files for works by johann sebastian bach.
He composed the chorale cantata in leipzig for the 27th sunday after trinity and first performed it on 25 november 1731. Its text is based on luthers german translation of the magnificat. Ch73 0900 0000 8558 5738 0 first movement chorus from cantata bwv 140 from. Dec 22, 2002 bwv 140 aryeh oron wrote december 25, 2002. Cantata bwv 140 was included in a series of 6 programmes dedicated to bach cantatas and performed by koopman and his forces.
Virtually all bachs cantatas were unpublished in his lifetime. Suzuki balances the soprano cantus firmus reinforced by a brass instrument perfectly in relation to the dense contrapuntal activity in the lower three parts. Oct 30, 2017 zion lutheran church of hopkins minnesota celebrates 500th anniversary of the reformation. Bach orchestre musica antica provence direstion benoit salle lorgues 12 novembre 2004. Bach, johann sebastian sacred cantatas bwv 140 143145. Bach, johann sebastian sacred cantatas bwv 140 143145 music skip to main content. The music examples in the bach cantatas website are for educational purposes only. Bach cantatas bwv 140, 147 holton, chance, rolfe johnson, varcoe, the monteverdi choir, the english baroque soloists, gardiner. He composed it in leipzig for the sunday estomihi, the last sunday before lent, and probably first performed it on 27 february 1729. It is agreed to be an early work partly for stylistic reasons and partly because there is evidence that it was probably written for a performance in 1707. Christ lag in todes banden also spelled todesbanden christ lay in deaths bonds or christ lay in the snares of death, bwv 4, is a cantata for easter by german composer johann sebastian bach, one of his earliest church cantatas. Bach cantata series iv joy cantatas bwv 8, 9, 145, 154. Bwv 140 is arguably the most popular of all bach s cantatas, and it receives a firstrate performance here. It is based on the hymn published by martin moller in 1587 bach composed the cantata in his second year as thomaskantor in leipzig as part of cantata cycle.
Score sheet music by johann sebastian bach 16851750. In order to listen to music in ram format, you need, which can be freely downloaded from realnetworks. Anne jan leusink, herjan pullen, hans van roset, aalt jan van roest, jelle stocker, gerwin zwep, tanny koomen, gerrit van. According to the comprehensive cd notes, 140 was written for the 27th sunday after trinity, and because easter fell early that year, an extra cantata was. Bach wrote hundreds of pieces for organ, choir, as. Bach cantata 140 played by the ramat gan symphony orchestra and the schahar choir, conducted by alex wasserman. Emmanuel music continues to perform cycles of largescale and chamber works by bach, handel, mozart, schubert, brahms, debussy, haydn, schoenberg, weill, wolf, medelssohn, and schumann under artistic director ryan turner. Emmanuel music is a bostonbased ensemble of singers and instrumentalists founded in 1970 by craig smith to perform the complete sacred cantatas of j. Trio sonata in f major, bwv 1040 sinfonia in d major, bwv 1045 from a lost cantata. The composition of cantatas for the schlosskirche court chapel on a regular monthly basis started with his promotion to konzertmeister in march 1714.
He composed the chorale cantata in leipzig for the second sunday after epiphany and first performed it on 14 january 1725. Bach wrote hundreds of pieces for organ, choir, as well as many other instruments. He composed the chorale cantata in leipzig for the 27th sunday after trinity and first performed it on 25 november 1731 bach composed this cantata to complete his second annual. Bach wrote the unusual work on an italian libretto for a bass soloist and harpsichord. Bach, johann sebastian sacred cantatas bwv 140 143145 music. Cantata 140 is probably bachs most famous cantata, and fame can bring a certain dullness to an oftheard piece. Bach cantatas bwv 140, 147 holton, chance, rolfe johnson. J s bach cantata wir danken dir, gott, wir danken dir. S cantatas, bwv 140, 143145 please retry amazon music unlimited. Bach wtc i prelude and fugue in b minor bwv 869 van asperen netherlands bach society duration. But i love this recording as much on cd as i did on lp i bought it way way back then, and now can listen to both without having to flip it over. Ach gott, wie manches herzeleid oh god, how much heartache, bwv 3, is a church cantata by johann sebastian bach.
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