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Faces of classical music
2018-12-23 18:00:00
Christmas with the Faces of Classical Music
[…] the cantata in his third year as Thomaskantor in Leipzig. He used a text by Georg Christian Lehms, which was published already in 1711. The text has no recitatives alternating with arias, but instead three biblical quotations, opening with verses from Psalm 26, then a verse from the Book of Jeremiah about God's greatness, and finally the angels' song from the Nativity according to the Gospel of Luke. The closing chorale is taken from Caspar Füger's "Wir Christenleut"... View full postJohann Sebastian Bach: Christmas Cantata BWV 63 – Thomanerchor Leipzig, Gewandhausorchester, Georg Christoph Biller (Audio video) Cantata 63 was written for the morning service on Christmas Day, 1723, in Leipzig. This was Bach's first big holiday at Leipzig, and no doubt this work helped make a very big and positive impression. Yet, Bach's choice of text makes no mention of the shepherds, the angels, or the […]
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