Choir
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CA.3105705
Cantata
for the 2nd day of
Christmas. Composed
by Johann Sebastian Bach.
Edited by Frieder Rempp.
Arranged by Paul Horn.
This edition: urtext.
Stuttgart Urtext Edition:
Bach vocal. Sacred vocal
music, Christmas. Choral
Score. Composed 1725. BWV
57. 2 pages. Duration 28
minutes. Carus Verlag #CV
31.057/05. Published by
Carus Verlag
(CA.3105705).
ISBN
9790007161897. Language:
German/English. Text:
Lehms, Georg Christian.
Text: Georg Christian
Lehms.
The first
performance of this
cantata, which belongs to
Bach's third annual cycle
of cantatas, took place
on the 2nd day of
Christmas in 1725. With
the exception of the
closing chorale, with a
text from 1711 by Georg
Christian Lehms, the text
of the cantata refers to
St. Stephan, the first
martyr of the New
Testament and patron
saint whose name day
occurs on 26 December. In
a dialog between the Soul
(Soprano) and Jesus
(bass) the struggle with
sin is recounted
respectively in two
expressive arias arias.
The entire orchestra is
involved in the first
movement as well as in in
the closing chorale
together with the choir.
Score available
separately - see item
CA.3105700.