ExclusiveBach: Cantata ''Jesu, who art my soul', BWV. 078 - 4. The blood [of Jesus], which strikes out my debt

【Classical music and nature 古典音樂小站】Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata ''Jesu, der du meine Seele'', BWV. 78 - 4. The blood [of Jesus], which strikes out my debt. This beautiful piece was preserved by European Archive. It has Creative Commons license (Public Domain Mark 1.0 Universal) and is provided through www.musopen.org.

The cantata ‘Jesu, der du meine Seele’ (Jesus, who is my soul, BWV 078) is one of the most contrasting creations in Bach's cantata oeuvre. Composed for the 14th Sunday after Trinity in 1724, Bach presented an unusually rich synthesis of the most diverse compositional traditions and stylistic idioms, even by his own standards.

Lyrics:

The blood [of Jesus], which strikes out my debt,
Makes my heart light again
And declares me free.
If hell’s host calls me to battle,
Jesus stands at my side,
So that I might be valiant and victorious.
Translation: www.vmii.org

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




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