ExclusiveBach: Die Himmel erzählen die Ehre Gottes (The heavens declare the glory of God), BWV 76 - Part 2

【Classical music and nature 古典音樂小站】Johann Sebastian Bach: Die Himmel erzählen die Ehre Gottes (The heavens declare the glory of God), BWV 76 - Part 2. This beautiful piece was played by The German Bach Soloists. It has Creative Commons license (CC BY 3.0 DEED Attribution 3.0 Unported) and is provided through www.musopen.org.

When Johann Sebastian Bach applied for the post of Thomaskantor in Leipzig, he had already served as cantor and organist in several churches and at the courts of Weimar and Köthen. He was 38 years old and had a reputation as an organist and organ expert. He had composed sacred cantatas, notably the funeral cantata Actus tragicus around 1708. In Weimar, he had begun a project to cover all the occasions of the liturgical year by providing a cantata a month for four years. These included works such as Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen, BWV 12, and Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 61.

Lyrics:

Part Two

8. Sinfonia

9. Recitative B
God still blesses the faithful flock,
so that his honor,
through faith, love, and holiness,
they might display and magnify.
They are heaven on the earth
and must, through constant battle
with hatred and danger,
become purified in this world.

10. Aria T
Just hate me, hate me well,
enemy race!
To embrace Christ faithfully,
I will abandon all joy.

11. Recitative A
I feel already in my spirit
how Christ reveals
the sweetness of his love to me
and nourishes me with manna,
so that among us here
brotherly loyalty
is constantly renewed and strengthened.

12. Aria A
Love, Christians, through your deeds!
Jesus died for his brothers,
and they die again for each other,
since he has bound them together.

13. Recitative T
So should Christianity
praise God's love
and make it manifest in themelves:
until in eternity
the heaven of devout souls
proclaim God and his praise.

14. Chorale
May you, O God, be thanked and praised
by people in good works;
the earth brings forth fruit and improves itself,
your word is flourishing.
May the Father and the Son bless us,
may God, the Holy Spirit, bless us,
to whom all the world gives honor,
and who is held in the greatest awe
and let us heartily say: Amen.

The video was captured by Christian Schlegel and edited by Wenjing Ma.





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