SKU: CA.3122793
Key: E minor. German. Text: Johann Frank.
For many choral singers Jesu, meine Freude is not just a motet by Bach, but the motet par excellence. Bach's motets as a whole have to be described as exceptional works, but even amongst these this is an exceptional work which is out of the ordinary not only in terms of its length. The formal conception, with its alternating chorale and Bible verses in 11 sections in a symmetrical structure, is also unique. The motet was very probably composed for a funeral, but no further details about this are known. By comparison, there are clear indications that the motet, as we now know it, was probably not composed in one go, but was composed over a long period of time. Score available separately - see item CA.3122700.
SKU: CA.3122794
SKU: CA.3122791
SKU: CA.3122792
SKU: HL.14016491
O Teach Us So To Count Our Days, a figured Chorale from Cantata 186 by J.S. Bach. Words by J. Montgomery and B. Hall Kennedy. Organ arrangement by Walter Emery.