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BWV 609
(Stay with us, for evening falls), 6, is a Bach cantata, cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach for use in a Lutheran service. He composed it in Leipzig in 1725 for Easter Monday and first performed it on 2 April 1725. The prescribed readings for the feast day were Peter the Apostle, Peter's sermon from the Acts of the Apostles, and the Road to Emmaus appearance, Road to Emmaus narration from the Gospel of Luke. The text by an anonymous Libretto, librettist begins with a line from the gospel, and includes as the third Movement (music), movement two stanzas from Philipp Melanchthon's hymn "" and its second stanza by Nikolaus Selnecker. The text ends with the second stanza of Martin Luther's hymn "". Derived from the gospel scene, the topic is pleading for light in a situation of threatening darkness. Bach structured the cantata in six movements and scored it for four vocal soloists, a SATB, four-part choir and a Baroque instruments, Baroque instrumental ensemble of oboes, strings and c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Church Cantata (Bach)
Throughout his life as a musician, Johann Sebastian Bach composed cantatas for both secular and sacred use. His church cantatas are cantatas which he composed for use in the Lutheran church, mainly intended for the occasions of the liturgical year. Bach's ''Nekrolog'' mentions five cantata cycles: "Fünf Jahrgänge von Kirchenstücken, auf alle Sonn- und Festtage" (Five year-cycles of pieces for the church, for all Sundays and feast days), which would amount to at least 275 cantatas,Alfred Dörffel. Bach-Gesellschaft Ausgabe Volume 27: '' Thematisches Verzeichniss der Kirchencantaten No. 1–120''. Breitkopf & Härtel, 1878. Introduction, p. VI or over 320 if all cycles would have been ideal cycles.Günther Zedler''Die Kantaten von Johann Sebastian Bach: Eine Einführung in die Werkgattung''.Books on Demand, 2011. p. 24–25/ref> The extant cantatas are around two-thirds of that number, with limited additional information on the ones that went missing or survived as fra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |