Orchestra SATB vocal soli, SATB choir, 2 oboes, bassoon, 2 violins, viola, basso continuo

SKU: CA.3104207

Cantata for Quasimodogeniti Sunday. Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach. Edited by Felix Loy. This edition: urtext. Stuttgart Urtext Edition: Bach vocal. Sacred vocal music, Cantatas, Easter and Eastertide. Study score. Composed 1725. BWV 42. 48 pages. Duration 28 minutes. Carus Verlag #CV 31.042/07. Published by Carus Verlag (CA.3104207).

ISBN 9790007142711. Text language: German/English.

Instead of an opening chorus Cantata BWV 42 begins with a magnificent Sinfonia in the style of the Brandenburg Concertos. It is possible that Bach took this movement from a concerto which he had composed earlier. The first aria, for alto with obbligato oboe and bassoon, could be derived from the middle movement of this concerto. The heroic bass aria, a statement of the certainty of faith, forms a weighty counterpart to the opening movement. Score available separately - see item CA.3104200.