BWV 1 - Feast of the Annunciation

BWV 194 - Cantata for Trinity Sunday

Adaptation of the motet Tristis est anima mea attributed to Johann Kuhnau. The motet Der Gerechte kommt um comes down to us as part of the Passion cantata Ein Lämmlein geht und trägt die Schuld by Carl Heinrich Graun into which movements by various other composers including Bach and Telemann were also later inserted. According to the research of Diethard Hellmann editor of this edition the motet was originally an a cappella composition by Johann Kuhnau with the text Tristis est anima mea which then was adapted – most likely by Bach – with a new text and the addition of instrumental parts. The motet Der Gerechte kommt um comes down to us as part of the Passioncantata Ein Lämmlein geht und trägt die Schuld by Carl Heinrich Graun into which movements by various other composers including Bach and Telemann were also later inserted. From the research of Diethard Hellmann editor of this edition the motet was originally an a cappella composition by Johann Kuhnau with the text Tristis est anima mea which then was adapted—most likely by Bach—with a new text and the addition of insturmental parts.

Passion oratorio

First Responsory of the Second Nocturn a 8

F major

G minor

SWV 453- This is the set of complete Orchestral parts for Heinrich Schütz's 'Rejoice With The Wife Of Thy Youth'. This composition survives in the sources as a wedding song even though the occasion it was written for is not known. It is stylistically close to the Symphoniae sacrae I sharing its exquisite scoring with the last composition in the set (Bucinate in neomenia tuba/Jubilate Deo) with concertante instrumental parts for Cornett and Trumpet (or two Cornetts). The text taken from Proverbs has an opening verse in triple meter which recurs in the middle (shortened) and at the end of the composition in the style of a ritornello then commonly found in Italy. This verseends with a characteristically dissonant transition for the upper instrumental parts to the final chord – as the key message of the composition.

Op. 48

ChaB 50- This is the individual Basso Continuo part for Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber's 'Stabat Mater'. Well-known for his magnificent instrumental works and Violin sonatas Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber is unjustly less recognized as a composer of sacred music. His works for Salzburg Cathedral were mainly written after 1670. The Stabat Mater is an impressive setting for use in worship and includes four or six verses of the hymn. The four-part composition displays great simplicity yet stunning beauty particularly in the concise contrapuntal presentation of each individual verse.

SWV 383

SWV 387

Peasant Cantata - BWV 212

Peasant Cantata - BWV 212

SWV 369

Über Heil Unserm König Heil!

Op. 47 1

Based On The Adagio Of The So-Called Moonlight Sonata

Based On The Adagio Of The So-Called Moonlight Sonata

Op. Woo 134 3