ATB vocal soli, SATB choir, 2 oboes, 2 horns, Taille (english horn), 3 soli viol...(+)
ATB vocal soli, SATB
choir, 2 oboes, 2 horns,
Taille (english horn), 3
soli violins + viola +
cello, 2 violins, viola,
basso continuo
SKU:
CA.3117416
Cantata
for the 2nd day of
Pentecost. Composed
by Johann Sebastian Bach.
Edited by Karin
Wollschlager. Stuttgart
Urtext Edition: Bach
vocal. Viola. Sacred
vocal music, Cantatas,
Whitsun, Praise and
thanks. Single Part,
Viola. Composed 1729. BWV
174. 4 pages. Duration 23
minutes. Carus Verlag #CV
31.174/16. Published by
Carus Verlag
(CA.3117416).
ISBN
9790007209698. Text
language: German/English.
Text: Henrici (Picander),
Christian
Friedrich.
The
cantata Ich liebe den
Hochsten von ganzem
Gemute (I love the
Almighty with all of my
spirit) BWV 174 was
composed for Whit Monday
1729. It probably belongs
to Bach's fourth cycle of
cantatas, known as the
Picander cycle. Most of
the cantata is taken up
by the introductory
Sinfonia. This is a
reworking of the first
movement of the famous
third Brandenburg
Concerto BWV 1048. Bach
took the movement almost
unaltered and simply
added wind parts to
strengthen the sound to
the nine string parts
(three violins, three
violas, three
violoncelli) and basso
continuo - two corni da
caccia and two oboes,
reinforced by two
violins, an oboe da
caccia (taille) and a
viola. The following
movements (aria,
recitative, aria) form a
distinct contrast with
their chamber music
scoring (two oboes or one
or two string parts with
basso continuo). A simple
four-part chorale
concludes the cantata.
Score and part available
separately - see item
CA.3117400.