Cantata 182, composed in 1713, is for Palm Sunday, which is the first day of Holy Week and the Sunday before Easter, and commemorates Christ’s triumphal entry into Jerusalem. As the day is associated in several ecclesiastical rites with the blessing and procession of palms, processional characteristics feature strongly in the music. The Gospel for […]
Hendrik Slegtenhorst On the Cantatas of J.S. Bach Epiphany to Lent
J.S. Bach, Cantata BWV 132, at Advent IV – Aspects and Validity of the Concept of Salvation
Bach’s cantata 132, Bereitet die Wege, bereitet die Bahn, (Prepare the way, prepare the road) was written in Weimar in 1715. The text is by Salomo Franck (1715, from his cantata libretti of Evangelisches Andachts-Opfer)), except the concluding sixth verse by Elisabeth Kreuziger (1524). The epistle is Philippians 4: 4-7, the gospel John 1: 19-28. […]
J.S. Bach, Cantata 1 – Feast of the Annunciation of Mary
March 25th is the feast of the annunciation of Mary, for which Bach composed his cantata BWV 1. I am reminded of a moment in August several years ago when I was riding the bus along Jasper Avenue in Edmonton. The middle-aged man in the last seat by the window, holding his prayer beads in […]